Scissors, Paper, Rock (original 1993; edition 1994)

by Fenton Johnson

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Along with his siblings, Raphael Hardin left his childhood home in rural Kentucky. Grappling with an AIDS diagnosis, he returns to care for his dying father. Told from the perspectives of Raphael, his family, and their lifelong neighbor, Fenton Johnson's landmark novel reveals the blood struggles and binding loves of a broken family made whole.… (more)

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Member:	curtwalt
Title:	Scissors, Paper, Rock
Authors:	Fenton Johnson
Info:	Washington Square Press (1994), Paperback, 240 pages
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Scissors, Paper, Rock by Fenton Johnson (1993)

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Lambda Literary Award (Nominee – Gay Men's Fiction – 1993)

Stonewall Book Award (Finalist – Literature – 1994)

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for Lawrence Thomas Rose and Margaret Melanie Beene

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On his workshop bench Tom Hardin lines up the woods he has chosen, his favorites: chocolate-brown walnut; ruddy cedar he has cut and cured himself; bleached white cypress, salvaged from mash tubs at the old distillery and smelling faintly of young whiskey.

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Along with his siblings, Raphael Hardin left his childhood home in rural Kentucky. Grappling with an AIDS diagnosis, he returns to care for his dying father. Told from the perspectives of Raphael, his family, and their lifelong neighbor, Fenton Johnson's landmark novel reveals the blood struggles and binding loves of a broken family made whole.

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