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“With
a uniquely hip narrative style, gritty with plenty of heart, Willy recounts
what it’s like to pledge a fraternity in order to gain his peers’
respect and admiration…Immensely readable, Willy’s tough yet
tender book speaks to the fears and isolation of young alienated adults
with compelling power, candor and compassion.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A
mugging and a hazing, both ferociously vile, have their victim on the
edge of sanity in his debut memoir of two abominable years…Fine,
grim work.”
—Kirkus
Reviews
“An incredible memoir—riveting and relentless,
shocking, brutal, just savagely good. And yet beautiful and brave.”
—Augusten
Burroughs, Running with Scissors
“This is the most astonishing debut I’ve
ever read. GOAT is beguiling, brutal, and tender at once. By giving us
an honest portrait of the love between brothers, Willy holds up a
mirror to the lie of false fraternity.”
—Haven
Kimmel, A Girl Named Zippy
“Willys talent as a writer is his ability
to be completely vulnerable on the page, yet command absolute control
over his language. It is taut, lean, and suggestive of a highly refined
intelligence grounded in instinct. GOAT is a book of great muscularity,
bearing witness to the violence our culture enacts in the name of ritual.
Willy shows us through the strength of his storytelling that cruelty
not only kills, but maims our souls, one victim at a time.”
—Terry
Tempest Williams, Leap and Red
“GOAT should be required reading for every scared,
isolated, naïve teenage boy who thinks that joining a fraternity
might solve his problems. And required reading for anyone who’s
ever loved someone they didn’t understand.”
—Thisbe Nissen, The Good People of New
York
“Written with a heart seared with pain and a pen
filled with passion, Willy's tale is street-fight brutal and
gut-wrench tragic. GOAT never lets go. It rips and shreds us with blade-sharp
dialogue and a relentless pace, all while exposing the bravest of souls
and the gentlest of hearts.”
—Lorenzo
Carcaterra, Gangster and Street Boys
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