{"product_id":"our-beautiful-boys-hardcover","title":"Our Beautiful Boys - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSameer Pandya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the star players on a high school football team are accused of violence by another student, their secrets--and the secrets of their parents--threaten to shatter their entire community in a gripping novel of race, class, and privilege from the author of \u003ci\u003eMembers Only\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVikram Shastri has always been a good kid. He's got a 4.6 GPA, listens to his parents, barely hits the parties, and is on track for a fancy college. But when he gets the chance to play on his high school football team, his world suddenly starts to shift. Basking in their recent victory, Vikram and his teammates Diego and MJ attend a party at an abandoned house in the Southern California foothills, located right below three ancient caves. They find themselves lost in the dark of night in one of the caves, carried away by male bravado, with a classmate who has annoyed them for years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when the kid emerges with injuries that prove to be more serious than the all-star boys intended, they are suspended for the rest of the season, and the boys' parents are brought in to manage the situation. As the parents try to protect their boys, they are also managing their own complicated family and professional lives. While the parents work with, and against, one another to figure out the truth about that night, the boys must come to terms with how much of their own secrets they're willing to reveal to clear their names. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Insightful and deeply human, \u003ci\u003eOur Beautiful Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is about race and class, parents trying to raise good boys in our fraught times, and the conflict we find when all of these slam together. It's about the kids inside each parent and the games the world makes each of us play.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSameer Pandya\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eMembers Only, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the California Book Award and an NPR \"Books We Love\" of 2020, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Writer, \u003c\/i\u003e longlisted for the PEN\/Open Book Award. His cultural criticism has appeared in a range of publications, including the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books, The Atlantic, Salon, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of the PEN\/Civitella Fellowship, he is currently an associate professor of Asian American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.47 x 9.46 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52578360033587,"sku":"9780593726167","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s_RIHfRSma9780593726167.webp?v=1761454448","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/our-beautiful-boys-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}