Stuart Page’s buddy, Nigel, gets the girls and does a lot of philosophizing in Your Silent Face. Here’s an excerpt where Nigel reveals his “Four Stages of Belief” at Thoma’s (a coney island) while an intoxicated Stuart fantasizes about the waitress and bitterly observes Kimberly and Karen fawning over Nigel.
Key words: #fiction #comingofage #80s #NewWave #GenX #RustBelt #NativeAmerican #graffiti #urbanpoetry #Flint
This playlist is a companion to my 80s coming-of-age novel, Your Silent Face. Stuart Page is a protagonist obsessed with 80s New Wave and Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Divison. All of the tunes and bands in the playlist get a mention in the novel. The novel is available on Amazon.
