Asher Diamond is Definitely Gay

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The gayest story ever written about a straight teenage boy.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Fort Lauderdale Florida 2002.</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> Seventeen-year-old Cheeto-stained Asher is at his breaking point. A locker room brawl and a sick black eye push him over the edge. Luke Palm Reef Prep's Abercrombie-clad frat boy fascist needs to go. And Sam Asher's vicious lust bunny deserves better. So Asher does something totally deranged: he comes out as gay to get Luke expelled. Somehow it works.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Suddenly Asher's a hot commodity tangled up with his tragic </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Austin Powers</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>-quoting best friend Robbie and club-hopping with Ethan an actual gay kid. It's all vodka Red Bulls rainbow flags and parking lot soul-gushing-until it's not. Night swims get sketchy. Dancefloor staredowns get dark. And grinding with Sam and Ethan gets way too real. The line between real and bullshit has officially disappeared and Asher is one slip away from total nuclear destruction.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who It's For</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Asher Diamond is Definitely Gay</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a YA crossover novel for anyone who's ever been humiliated by a teenager. It's got the juicy drama of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Degrassi</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the sad-boy spiral of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Perks of Being a Wallflower</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and the hater energy of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Daria</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>: totally awkward hilariously unhinged and painfully honest. A millennial fever dream for fans of weird queer voicey fiction who love dark comedy-and don't mind spending time in the brain of a straight boy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Perfect for readers who loved Becky Albertalli's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'s charming vulnerability Casey McQuiston's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One Last Stop</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'s romantic absurdity and the bittersweet pull of Adam Silvera's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>They Both Die at the End</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Fans of David Sedaris's self-deprecating wit and Andrew Sean Greer's tender satirical humor will feel right at home.</span></p>