God Says No by James Hannaham

God Says No by James Hannaham

A Lambda Award Finalist: a black gay man struggles with his marriage, faith, and desires in this "tender, funny tour of a mind struggling to do the right thing" (Steve Martin). Gary Gray marries his first girlfriend, a fellow student from Central Florida Christian College who loves Disney World as much as he does. They are nineteen, God-fearing, and eager to start a family. But a week before their wedding Gary goes into a rest-stop bathroom and lets something happen. God Says No is his testimony—the story of a young black Christian struggling with desire and belief, with his love for his wife and his appetite for other men, told in a singular, emotional voice. Driven by desperation and religious visions, the path that Gary takes—from revival meetings to out life in Atlanta to a pray-away-the-gay ministry in Memphis, Tennessee—gives a riveting picture of how a life like his can be lived, and how it can't. A Stonewall Book Award Pick 2010 Finalist for the 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction "A revelatory and sympathetic guide to a misunderstood world." —Steve Martin, author of Shopgirl and Born Standing Up

Praise for God Says No 

“A tender, funny tour of a mind struggling to do the right thingA revelatory and sympathetic guide to a misunderstood world.” —Steve Martin, author of Shopgirl and Born Standing Up

“This novel is an absolute original. Gary Gray’s search for wholeness and acceptance is a heartfelt (and often very funny) plea for all men (and women) to be embraced just as they are. A wonderful debut.” —Martha Southgate, author of Third Girl from the Left

“God Says No is a book that was desperate to be written but well out of reach. And then James Hannaham came along and wrote it, with the kind of care, wit, sympathy and fury that the book deserved. A truly daring first novel.” —Jim Lewis, author of Why the Tree Loves the Ax

James Hannaham received an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. He lives in Brooklyn and teaches at the Pratt Institute.

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ISBN 13	9780802144966
ISBN 10	0802144969
Title	God Says No
Author	James Hannaham
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Year published	2010-07-22
Number of pages	304
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