Try
Published in 1994, Try is a gay fiction and sapphic fiction novel by Dennis Cooper. Readers will find themes of teenage boys, abused children and Gay.
29 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.
At about 199 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.
About Try
**From Goodreads:** Ziggy is the adopted teenaged son of two sexually abusive fathers, from whose obsessive attentions he flees into the weird world of his uncle, an amoral man who makes violent pornography. As scenes of fierce sex and sadistic oppression take place around him, Ziggy falls improbably in love -- with his best friend, a junkie. Dennis Cooper, author of the gay horror classic Frisk, returns in this novel to his characteristic themes of alienated youth, voyeurism and twisted Todenlust, except this time the horrors are as grounded in emotions as they are in the body
Quick answers
Who wrote Try?
Try was written by Dennis Cooper and first published in 1994.
What genre is Try?
It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction, Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction and Horror.
How long is Try?
The median edition has 199 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Try?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Beetle. A Mystery, More Tales of the City and Written in the Stars.
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