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Wounded

Wounded

A Novel
Literary Fiction
Pages
256
Published
2005
Language
English

Synopsis

In rural Wyoming, a father and son grapple with the aftermath of a fatal gay bashing. The incident forces them to confront their understanding of masculinity and homosexuality. This story explores the profound impact of a hate crime on a family and a community.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

SadMelancholicThought-ProvokingComplex
Family Saga

Genres

Literary Fiction

About the author

P
Percival Everett

American novelist and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. Author of more than thirty books, including James (2024), winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction; Erasure (2001), adapted into the 2023 film American Fiction; and The Trees (2021), a Booker Prize finalist.

Characters

All characters in Wounded