Voiced by an off-kilter chorus of the young and desperate to belong, Benjamin Nugent\'s provocative collection pries the fraternity door off its hinges, daring us to peer inside with amusement, horror, and also love.
And the shadow of assault hovers over every sexual encounter..
An alienated young woman searches for a sanctuary.
A combat veteran offers advice on hazing.
The closeted Oprah\'s hero worship gives way to real longing.
Beneath each episode lies the dread of exclusion.
Fraternity celebrates the debauched kinship of boys and girls straddling adolescence and adulthood: the drunken antics, solemn confessions, and romantic encounters that mark their first years away from home.
Though the living room reeks of sweat and spilled beer, the brothers know that to be inside is everything.
Here, we meet Newton, the beloved chapter president
Oprah, the sensitive reader
Petey, the treasurer, loyal to a fault
Claire, the couch-surfing dropout who hopes to sell them drugs; and a girl known, for unexpected reasons, as God.
In a Massachusetts college town stands a dilapidated colonial: Delta Zeta Chi.
Voiced by an off-kilter chorus of the young and desperate to belong, Benjamin Nugent\'s provocative collection pries the fraternity door off its hinges, daring us to peer inside with amusement, horror, and also love
