New Deal: I MET DEATH & SEX THROUGH MY FRIEND, TOM MEULEY by thom vernon
thom vernon’s I MET DEATH & SEX THROUGH MY FRIEND, TOM MEULEY has sold to Michael Mirolla at Guernica.
This book takes place over 24 hours as a blizzard pummels the city. A beloved Toronto high school teacher gets a teenage boy to assist in his gruesome suicide. This forces the boy, his best friend and mother, and a down-low cop to go to any lengths to hide the body and to save each other.
"I am deeply in love with thom's writing, the characters he creates, and the depth of emotion infused in his prose,” says The Rights Factory agent Stacey Kondla. “Readers will think about Milk, Sessy, and 'Ton for a long time after reading this intense and heartfelt novel."
I MET DEATH & SEX THROUGH MY FRIEND, TOM MEULEY is scheduled for publication in 2024.
Learn more about thom on his website.
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