The Coming Storm - (Stonewall Inn Editions (Paperback)) by Paul Russell (Paperback)

About the Book

Told through the alternating viewpoints of four characters, this novel centers around a traditional, upper-class boys' school in upstate New York and the confusion that reigns when a gay teacher gets tangled in an illicit relationship with a troubled teenager.

Book Synopsis

Lambda Literary Award Finalist; Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award

Set against the backdrop of a traditional boys' school in upstate New York, The Coming Storm is a delicately and brilliantly rendered tale that reveals the most closely held secrets of the human heart.

Russell's award-winning novel is the story of four interlocking lives - Louis Tremper, the headmaster at the Forge School; his wife Claire; Tracey Parker, a 25-year old gay man and recently hired teacher at the Forge School; and Noah Lathrop III, a troubled student - all of whom struggle with their own inner demons, desires, and conflicted loyalties. When Tracey and Noah become involved in an illicit relationship, dark incidents from the school's past begin colliding with the current growing confusion that all of them must face.

Compelling and poignant, this is the finest work yet from one of best contemporary American novelists.

Stonewall Inn Editions

Review Quotes

"Disaster looms over the characters in Russell's (Sea of Tranquillity) accomplished fourth novel, as repressed and expressed sexualities clash on the sedate campus of a modern-day boys' prep school in upstate New York." - Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Paul Russell is the author of such novels as The Salt Point, Boys of Life, and Sea of Tranquillity, as well as The Gay 100, a work of non-fiction. He is Professor of English at Vassar College and lives in upstate New York