Poof

Part provocateur, part seducer, this young gay man’s account of life offers one of the freshest takes on Australia and the world today.

Honouring poets of the past – Jean Genet, Veronica Franco, Euripides, Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Wilde – and joining in their task of finding meaning in existence and the modern world, Tolcher has produced a brazenly honest debut without precedent.

Through his writing he subverts his own shame, weaponises it, and positions himself as an anti-hero of our time right when we need him the most.

Following his humble beginnings as an outcast in the dreary outer suburbs of Brisbane and escalating into a Dionysian, poetic and pornographic international climax, Poof follows Tolcher’s search for love and purpose as he is drawn to the beds of powerful, sadistic men. If he can endure just a little longer, a little more… will they love him?

In an age of victimhood, Tolcher offers us a roadmap to empowerment and integrity as he pulls back the curtain on both our pride and our shame, and shines a spotlight on a hidden history that has been erased time and again.

Author: J. M. Tolcher
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: James Tolcher
Published: 04/24/2023
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.12w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780646875873
Language: English