- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Kensington Publishing; New edition edition (3 Aug 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0758209126
- ISBN-13: 978-0758209122
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 555,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"With Leave Myself Behind, Bart Yates gives us both the laugh-out-loud and refreshingly sincere coming-of-age story we've been missing all these years."
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Secrets and lies - this is a searing novel of loss and redemption. Yates explores the explosive, unshakeable bond between two brothers and the one summer that changes their lives forever. Tommy and Nathan Bishop are as different as two brothers can be. Carefree and careless, Tommy is the golden boy who takes men into his bed with a seductive smile and turns them out just as quickly. No one can resist him - and no one can control him. Nathan is all about control. At 31, he is as dark and complicated as Tommy is light and easy - and bitter beyond his years. While Tommy left for the excitement of New York City, Nathan stayed behind, teaching high school English in their provincial hometown, surrounded by the remainders of their ruined family history and a legacy of anger that runs through him like a scar. Now, Tommy has come home to the family cottage for the summer, bringing his unstable, sexual powder-keg of an entourage - and the distant echoes of his family's tumultuous past - with him. Tommy and his lover Phil are teetering on the brink of disaster, while their married friends, Camille and Kyle, perfect their steps in a dance of deception, each partner pulling Nathan deeper into the fray. And when one of Nathan's troubled students begins visiting the house, a slow fuse is lit on a highly combustible mix...
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nathan are Tommy are brothers, but totally different, Tommy carefree and adored by all, while Nathan is the complete opposite; yet they are very close and dearly love one another, pulled close together by the belligerent and abusive behaviour of their father, and the tragic loss of their mother. They also share a dark secret that over shadows their lives.
Tommy visits his brother at the family cottage by the sea, where Nathan now lives alone. Accompanying Tommy are his current boyfriend Philip, and their married friends Camille and Kyle. Camille and Kyle enjoy an uncertain marriage, Kyle not being as straight as he thinks, and all the male company is a bit too much for him. Then there is innocent fifteen year old Simon, one of Nathan's remedial students, who becomes a regular visitor; and so the seeds of trouble are sown. It all starts out as a rather chaotic but carefree farce, with bickering, jealousy and love, until the attractions of Simon become too much for Tommy. When the trouble all blows up, disaster inevitably follows.
Bart Yates very quickly establishes his characters, and one is drawn in right form the start. The characters are appealing and individual, especially adorable are Tommy and young Simon. The writing flows easily, is witty and with occasional asides to the reader. It is a funny, but very moving story. There was a large lump in my throat throughout the last two chapters, and before the end I was fighting back the tears.
Tommy visits his brother at the family cottage by the sea, where Nathan now lives alone. Accompanying Tommy are his current boyfriend Philip, and their married friends Camille and Kyle. Camille and Kyle enjoy an uncertain marriage, Kyle not being as straight as he thinks, and all the male company is a bit too much for him. Then there is innocent fifteen year old Simon, one of Nathan's remedial students, who becomes a regular visitor; and so the seeds of trouble are sown. It all starts out as a rather chaotic but carefree farce, with bickering, jealousy and love, until the attractions of Simon become too much for Tommy. When the trouble all blows up, disaster inevitably follows.
Bart Yates very quickly establishes his characters, and one is drawn in right form the start. The characters are appealing and individual, especially adorable are Tommy and young Simon. The writing flows easily, is witty and with occasional asides to the reader. It is a funny, but very moving story. There was a large lump in my throat throughout the last two chapters, and before the end I was fighting back the tears.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I came across this book by chance and enjoyed it enormously. An amazing exploration of family relationships and the destructive power of anger and guilt and bitterness. Fantastic - I will be buying anything else this guy's written!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't think I've cried to much reading a book. It was so moving.
At first I was exactly consumed by the novel and it wasn't until the last couple of chapters that I was truly gripped. It's a fantastic piece of literature.
At first I was exactly consumed by the novel and it wasn't until the last couple of chapters that I was truly gripped. It's a fantastic piece of literature.
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Wolverhampton Libraries LGBT Reading Group Review
This story is through the eyes of Nathan, a teacher, and is mainly about his relationship with his younger brother Tommy and his hatred towards their father. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2009 by Ms. R. Graham
Darkly witty dynamics
This tale of chalk and cheese brothers was my first outing with a Bart Yates novel, and I intend to read more. Read more
Published on 31 May 2009 by Annie Fur Lactic
Utterly Brilliant
As some other reviewers have said the Amazon synopsis tells you all about the plot, so I won't do that as well. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2009 by A. R. Mash
An emotional powder keg
Nathan lives in his father's house in a Conneticut resort by the beach. His brother returns for a 2 week holidy, along with his boyfriend and a heterosexual couple who are having... Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2008 by P. Greenhalgh
Engaging book
Interesting read if at times difficult subject matter. I found myself reading the final chapters at 2am as I wanted to see how the story ended. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2008 by R. Johnston
The brothers bishop
A sharply witty book full of dark humour, twists and turns that keep you glued page after page. It has an ambivalence to it that may challenge some of your views or pre conceived... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2007 by Shana Banks
Another great read....
Another of Bart Yates' works of art. Being the follow up to his excellent 'Leave Myself Behind' I was unsure how this book would read, but after the first page or two I knew this... Read more
Published on 9 July 2007 by Ricardo
excellent!
Un des livres rares dans lesquels on plonge sans savoir pourquoi au fond, mais qui laisse remonter à la surface les sillons du passé. Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2007 by Pierre E.
One for the bookshelf
Hot on the heels of 'Leave Myself Behind', 'The Brothers Bishop' is another triumph for Bart Yates. The Amazon synopsis is sufficiently comprehensive that no more need be revealed... Read more
Published on 28 April 2006 by Son of Nietzsche
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