{"product_id":"nebraska-9798991298889","title":"Nebraska","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhitmore's semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy and his uncle is a provocative yet essential narrative of queer repression in postwar America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1987 by Grove Press and long out of print, \u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic underground novel by the gay writer and activist George Whitmore. Craig Mullen, a young boy in Nebraska, gets hit by a car on the way to buy groceries. After having his leg amputated, he is bedridden, lonely, bored and addicted to painkillers. His rare interactions with kids his own age, specifically with a neighbor boy who often spends the night, awaken his feelings to further explore. When Craig's uncle moves into the family home, a world of hope, pain, mystery and despair descends upon the Mullen family, giving the reader glimpses into how gay lives were secretly lived and horrifically extinguished in 1950s rural America. With an unforeseen ending that can only be described with the delicately complicated touch of Whitmore's enigmatic prose, \u003ci\u003eNebraska\u003c\/i\u003e will stay in your mind long after finishing it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Whitmore\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-89) was an American playwright, novelist and poet. He was a member of a literary group known as the Violet Quill, whose seven authors are regarded as the strongest voices of the gay male experience in the post-Stonewall era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Song Cave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623909720338,"sku":"9798991298889","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3b80d90-8c68-4ab1-988e-e5e889d4c4db.jpg?v=1758648638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nebraska-9798991298889","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}