{"title":"Kyle Dillon Hertz","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lookback-window-book-kyle-dillon-hertz-9781668005873","title":"The Lookback Window","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebutiful \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eCrimereads\u003c\/i\u003e Best Crime Novels of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHertz has managed to tell a story of queer healing with all the narrative force of a thriller and the searing fury of an indictment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fearless debut novel of resilience, transcendence, and the elusive promise of justice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in suburban New York, Dylan lived through the unfathomable: three years as a victim of sex trafficking at the hands of Vincent, a troubled young man who promised to marry Dylan when he turned eighteen. Years later--long after a police investigation that went nowhere, and after the statute of limitations for the crimes perpetrated against him have run out--the long shadow of Dylan's trauma still looms over the fragile life in the city he's managed to build with his fianc , Moans, who knows little of Dylan's past. His continued existence depends upon an all-important mantra: \u003ci\u003eTo survive, you live through it, but never look back.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen a groundbreaking new law--the Child Victims Act--opens a new way foreword: a one-year window during which Dylan can sue his abusers. But for someone who was trafficked as a child, does money represent justice--does his pain have a price? As Dylan is forced to look back at what happened to him and try to make sense of his past, he begins to explore a drug and sex-fueled world of bathhouses, clubs, and strangers' apartments, only to emerge, barely alive, with a new clarity of purpose: a righteous determination to gaze, unflinching, upon the brutal men whose faces have haunted him for a decade, and to extract justice on his own terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHertz writes with a powerful blend of publicly experienced scene and deeply private interiority... he] expertly presents both the rapturous fa ade of post-closet gay life and the cracks in its hastily constructed foundation, (\u003ci\u003eSlant\u003c\/i\u003e). Hertz's debut is cathartic and revelatory... and] a gritty recovery story that packs a punch (\u003ci\u003eThe Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e). It offers a startling glimpse at the unraveling of trauma--and the light that peeks, faintly, and often in surprising ways, from the other side of the window.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758558814481,"sku":"CIN1668005875VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52633681068305,"sku":"CIN1668005875G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1668005875.jpg?v=1751184347"},{"product_id":"lookback-window-book-kyle-dillon-hertz-9781668005880","title":"The Lookback Window","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51045519229201,"sku":"NIN9781668005880","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51325436002577,"sku":"CIN1668005883G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51861547090193,"sku":"CIN1668005883VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1668005883.jpg?v=1751277783"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-kyle-dillon-hertz.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}