Status
Available
Genres
Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2011), 198 pages
Description
"Refuse is the story of a 22 year old female-to-male-transsexual named Dean and his would-be love affair with his college roommate, another trans man with a girlfriend and a successful indie rock band. It is an autobiographical novel and fictional memoir with many references to classic literature and the English alternative rock band The Smiths"--http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/elliottdeline.
User reviews
LibraryThing member anderlawlor
I had to make my way past the heavy self-referentiality and teen angst to enjoy this story of the romantic travails of a group of contemporary queer and trans college kids. Dean, our hero, is a fey and contrary fellow who loves the Smiths and is rebelling against whatever you got, which I'm always
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going to appreciate. There's a real voice here, and a sharp ear for dialogue, but the novel as a whole wants editing, badly. Still, I'll be looking for more from this young writer Elliot DeLine. Show Less
LibraryThing member caedocyon
I really fucking appreciate Dean's cynical, pessimistic, dysphoric, mythology-soaked feelings on being trans, even though "miserable people making other people miserable" isn't my favorite genre. Everyone's been there (and the people who haven't are even more insufferable), but no one skewers it as
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well as Dean does. Show Less
Awards
Rainbow Award (Winner — 2011)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
198 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
1463650922 / 9781463650926
Local notes
Fiction