Kinetic Blue a novel

<p>A novel of identity the allure of rebellion and conformity and the enduring legacy of the 1980s.</p><p></p><p><em>Kinetic Blue </em>is a vivid coming-of-age journey set against the sun-soaked backdrop of coastal Southern California. Hans a gifted student swimmer and emerging cultural observer navigates the shifting sands of adolescence-from high school Model United Nations simulations a summer working at Disneyland college parties and attending school with the privileged and spoiled. Along the way he confronts questions of love ambition identity and belonging.</p><p></p><p>As Hans moves through high school college and then law school the novel captures not just the trials of growing up in the rhythms of a decade shaped by music videos the Reagan revolution punk rebellion the HIV crisis and the shadows of terrorism and the Cold War. With a soundtrack worthy of a mixtape <em>Kinetic Blue</em> paints a nostalgic and deeply personal portrait of a young man coming to terms with who he is and who he's expected to be.</p><p></p><p><em>Kinetic Blu</em>e is both a love letter to 1980s California and a bold exploration of cultural transformation set in a time when the world-and its youth- redefined everything.</p>