Big Kids Chu Nap “Nostalgia”

“Nostalgia”

This uncomfortable and compelling memoir is an important story of a teen’s awakening to the racial insularity of the upper class

the Best American Non­Required Reading 2014

they will face dragons

Big Kids Chu Nap “Nostalgia”By Michael DeForge. Published by Drawn & Quarterly. Hardcover, 96 pages, Colour, 2016. TEENAGE MISFITS AND ADOLESCENT RABBLE ROUSING TAKE CENTER STAGE IN THIS DARK COMING OF AGE TALE Big Kids is simultaneously Michael DeForge's most straightforward narrative and his most complex work to date. It follows a troubled teenage boy through the transformative years of high school as he redefines his friends, his interests, and his life path. When the boy's