The Kryptonite kid : a novel
- Title
- The Kryptonite kid : a novel
- Description
- An affecting novel of one-sided letters to Superman from schoolboy Jerry Chariot and his best friend Robert Sipanno. Filled with a mixture of curiosity and naivety (down to the preservation of Jerry’s childlike spelling and grammar), the letters wrestle with everyday problems of homelife, hero-worship and Catholic schooling as well as questions about what “a queer” is and whether Superman pees out of his “Thing”. Joseph Torchia (1946-1996), a journalist for various newspapers on the West Coast of the US, published one other full-length work and a short story, and wrote two further unpublished novels. He turned to photography later in life. His papers are held at Stanford University.
- Creator
- Joseph Torchia (1946-1996)
- Location
- London (England)
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date
- 1980
- Tags
- Correspondence
- Gay Fiction
- Gay Youth
- LGBTQ+ Fiction
- LGBTQ+ Youth
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