Chris Fuhrman grew up as a Catholic in Savannah, Georgia, where he was born in 1960. He received his master's degree from Columbia University. Fuhrman died of cancer in 1991 while working on the final revision of "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys," his first and only novel.
Fuhrman handles his material with wit and grace. There are no false
remembrances, there is no condescension; the boys appear here in
all their gum-chewing, insult-spitting, girl fantasizing naivete
and candor.--Washington Times
Fuhrman takes wicked pleasure in scraping teen innocence against
the graveled, perverse underbelly of suburban
childhood.--Newsday
Heartbreaking yet hilarious . . . By marrying the earnest to the
ridiculous, Fuhrman captures the sublime intensity of
adolescence.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
One of the most strikingly original novels of recent
memory.--Creative Loafing
The author's real triumph lies in his ability to plumb wild young
minds, to reveal the ardent romantic hearts that beat within
wisecracking boys. Their wild, unselfconscious beauty permeates the
book. . . . We may never know what a loss [Chris Fuhrman's death]
was. Who knows how many other brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking
books he may have written?--Boston Book Review
The freshness of Fuhrman's novel comes from his ability to squeeze
out of a time of transition universal evocations of rebellion
against growing up. . . . Fuhrman provides his story and characters
with enough originality to keep the narrative clipping along and
his reader totally absorbed.--Chicago Tribune
The moral of the story . . . has so much gravity and grace. . . .
This is the real thing, writing done with everything on the line .
. . The death of Chris Fuhrman is an incalculable loss to this
generation of writers. We should be glad to have his
testimony.--Boston Globe
This book deserves many, many readers. . . . A memorable, funny,
and poignant depiction of a glorious boyhood chased down and
brutally terminated . . . A story as odd, vivid, painful, splendid,
and sad as adolescence itself . . . Fuhrman's posthumous debut
invites wistful speculation about the sort of career which might
have followed it.--Commonweal
Fuhrman handles his material with wit and grace. There are no false remembrances, there is no condescension; the boys appear here in all their gum-chewing, insult-spitting, girl fantasizing naivete and candor.
--Washington TimesFuhrman takes wicked pleasure in scraping teen innocence against the graveled, perverse underbelly of suburban childhood.
--NewsdayHeartbreaking yet hilarious . . . By marrying the earnest to the ridiculous, Fuhrman captures the sublime intensity of adolescence.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)One of the most strikingly original novels of recent memory.
--Creative LoafingThe author's real triumph lies in his ability to plumb wild young minds, to reveal the ardent romantic hearts that beat within wisecracking boys. Their wild, unselfconscious beauty permeates the book. . . . We may never know what a loss [Chris Fuhrman's death] was. Who knows how many other brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking books he may have written?
--Boston Book ReviewThe freshness of Fuhrman's novel comes from his ability to squeeze out of a time of transition universal evocations of rebellion against growing up. . . . Fuhrman provides his story and characters with enough originality to keep the narrative clipping along and his reader totally absorbed.
--Chicago TribuneThe moral of the story . . . has so much gravity and grace. . . . This is the real thing, writing done with everything on the line . . . The death of Chris Fuhrman is an incalculable loss to this generation of writers. We should be glad to have his testimony.
--Boston GlobeThis book deserves many, many readers. . . . A memorable, funny, and poignant depiction of a glorious boyhood chased down and brutally terminated . . . A story as odd, vivid, painful, splendid, and sad as adolescence itself . . . Fuhrman's posthumous debut invites wistful speculation about the sort of career which might have followed it.
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