100 Boyfriends

An irrerverent, sensitive, and inimitable look at gay dysfunction through the eyes of a cult hero

Transgressive, foulmouthed, and brutally funny, Brontez Purnells100 Boyfriendsis a revelatory spiral into the imperfect lives of queer men desperately fighting the urge to self-sabotage. As they tiptoe through minefields of romantic, substance-fueled misadventurefrom dirty warehouses and gentrified bars in Oakland to desolate farm towns in AlabamaPurnells characters strive for belonging in a world that dismisses them for being Black, broke, and queer. In spite of itor perhaps because of itthey shine.

Armed with a deadpan wit, Purnell finds humor in even the darkest of nadirs with the peerless zeal, insight, and horniness of a gay punk messiah. Together, the slice-of-life tales that writhe within100 Boyfriendsare an inimitable tour of an unexposed queer underbelly. Holding them together is the vision of an iconoclastic storyteller, as fearless as he is human.

Paperback 2/2/21