Regular Boy

Set against the raw, unvarnished backdrop of early-1990s New York and the shadowy institutional hinterlands of New England, Regular Boy is a blistering coming-of-age novel about rebellion, identity, and the thin line between freedom and control.

Raphael is fifteen, sharp, reckless, and too self-aware for his own good—caught between privilege and alienation, punk romanticism and parental expectation. After a summer of raves, drugs, sex, and near-miss catastrophe, he is abruptly extracted from...