Pages: 328
ISBN: 9780813180212
Pub Date: 13 Oct 2020
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9781985900448
Pub Date: 20 Mar 2024
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
Description:
Shortlisted for 2020 Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeCorey Sobel challenges tenacious stereotypes in this compelling debut novel, shedding new light on the hypermasculine world of American football. The Redshirt introduces Miles Furling, a young man who is convinced he was placed on earth to play football. Deep in the closet, he sees the sport as a means of gaining a permanent foothold in a culture that would otherwise reject him.