Goat
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About to begin his second year of college, Brad Land agrees to give a stranger a ride home from a party. The stranger brings a friend, and the two men abduct, rob, and beat Land, leaving him bleeding on a country road. Physically injured and psychologically shattered, nineteen-year-old Brad Land must contend with unsympathetic local police, parents who can barely discuss 'the incident' (as they call it), a brother riddled with guilt but unable to slow down enough for Brad to keep up, and the feeling that he'll never be normal again. When Brad's brother enrols at university and pledges a fraternity, Brad believes he's being left behind once and for all. Desperate to belong, he follows. What happens there in the name of 'brotherhood' - involves torturous late-night hazing, heart-breaking estrangement from his brother, and, finally, the death of a fellow pledge. Ultimately, Brad must weigh total alienation from his newfound community against accepting a form of brutality he already knows too well. A searing memoir in the tradition of A MILLION LITTLE PIECES and RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, GOAT provides an unprecedented window into the emotional landscape of young men.
Author: Brad Land
Format: Paperback, 224 pages, 133mm x 209mm, 280 g
Published: 2004, Hachette Australia, Australia
Genre: Biography: General
Description
About to begin his second year of college, Brad Land agrees to give a stranger a ride home from a party. The stranger brings a friend, and the two men abduct, rob, and beat Land, leaving him bleeding on a country road. Physically injured and psychologically shattered, nineteen-year-old Brad Land must contend with unsympathetic local police, parents who can barely discuss 'the incident' (as they call it), a brother riddled with guilt but unable to slow down enough for Brad to keep up, and the feeling that he'll never be normal again. When Brad's brother enrols at university and pledges a fraternity, Brad believes he's being left behind once and for all. Desperate to belong, he follows. What happens there in the name of 'brotherhood' - involves torturous late-night hazing, heart-breaking estrangement from his brother, and, finally, the death of a fellow pledge. Ultimately, Brad must weigh total alienation from his newfound community against accepting a form of brutality he already knows too well. A searing memoir in the tradition of A MILLION LITTLE PIECES and RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, GOAT provides an unprecedented window into the emotional landscape of young men.
Goat