All American Boy: A Novel

A gay man who fled his hometown in a cloud of scandal and guilt returns home to his estranged family—and the boy he left behind

The first call is from Wally Day’s estranged mother, begging him to come home. The second is from Sebastian Garafolo, a Brown’s Mill cop Wally last spoke to when he confessed to having underage sex in the old apple orchard. Today, Garafolo is calling about something else entirely: Wally’s cousin Kyle is missing.

Twenty years ago, Wally fled his hometown in shame. H...