{"product_id":"9781644285923","title":"Regular Boy","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eCivetta, Michele\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRare Bird Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet against the raw, unvarnished backdrop of early-1990s New York and the shadowy institutional hinterlands of New England, \u003ci\u003eRegular Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a blistering coming-of-age novel about rebellion, identity, and the thin line between freedom and control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaphael is fifteen, sharp, reckless, and too self-aware for his own good—caught between privilege and alienation, punk romanticism and parental expectation. After a summer of raves, drugs, sex, and near-miss catastrophe, he is abruptly extracted from his city life and deposited into a so-called therapeutic boarding school that operates less like a refuge than a psychological pressure cooker. What follows is a harrowing descent into a closed system built on coercion, confession, and conformity, where “self-work” becomes surveillance and belonging is enforced through ritual humiliation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blending fever-dream intensity with cultural precision, Michele Civetta captures the volatile inner life of adolescence with uncommon force—its bravado, its cruelty, its longing, and its desperate need for meaning. \u003ci\u003eRegular Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a portrait of youth culture on the brink of sanitization, an indictment of institutionalized control masquerading as care, and a deeply personal story about a young man struggling to hold onto his sense of self when everything around him demands submission.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Unflinching, lyrical, and emotionally ferocious, \u003ci\u003eRegular Boy\u003c\/i\u003e announces a powerful new voice and stands as a cautionary tale about what happens when society decides that being “normal” is the highest virtue of all","brand":"Rare Bird Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48203252302079,"sku":"9781644285923","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781644285923_s600x595.png?v=1780500673","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781644285923","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}