The Coming Storm

The Coming Storm

Lambda Literary Award Finalist; Winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award Set against the backdrop of a traditional boys' school in upstate New York, The Coming Storm is a delicately and brilliantly rendered tale that reveals the most closely held secrets of the human heart. Russell's award-winning novel is the story of four interlocking lives - Louis Tremper, the headmaster at the Forge School; his wife Claire; Tracey Parker, a 25-year old gay man and recently hired teacher at the Forge School; and Noah Lathrop III, a troubled student - all of whom struggle with their own inner demons, desires, and conflicted loyalties. When Tracey and Noah become involved in an illicit relationship, dark incidents from the school's past begin colliding with the current growing confusion that all of them must face. Compelling and poignant, this is the finest work yet from one of best contemporary American novelists. Stonewall Inn Editions "Disaster looms over the characters in Russell's (Sea of Tranquillity) accomplished fourth novel, as repressed and expressed sexualities clash on the sedate campus of a modern-day boys' prep school in upstate New York." - Publishers Weekly Paul Russell is the author of such novels as The Coming Storm and Sea of Tranquility , as well as The Gay 100 , a work of non-fiction. The Coming Storm was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award as well as the winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award. Russell is a professor at Vassar College and lives in upstate New York.