The Tricky Part
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| Author | Martin Moran |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiography |
| Published | 2005 |
| Publisher | Beacon Press |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 285 |
| ISBN | 9780807072622 |
| OCLC | 849080459 |
The Tricky Part: One Boy's Fall from Trespass into Grace is a 2005 non-fiction book by Martin Moran.
Between the age of 12 and 15, Martin Moran had a sexual relationship with Bob Doyle, a Vietnam veteran who was a counselor at a Catholic boys' camp.[citation needed] Thirty years later, he meets his abuser again.[citation needed]
The book won the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Non-Fiction from Publishing Triangle in 2006.
Plot summary
The Tricky Part tells the story of the relationship and its effect on Moran, who grew up as a homosexual.[citation needed] It describes Moran's sexual awakening, and how he and a chubby friend of his called George, go with Bob to get the camp ready.[citation needed] Bob pulls Moran into his sleeping bag the first night they are alone (with George asleep beside them) and abuses him.[citation needed]
A year later, Moran discovers that a friend of his, Kip, another 13-year-old, is also being abused by Bob.[citation needed] The abuse continues through puberty and adolescence and Moran tries to tell Bob that he wants it all to stop.[citation needed] Bob's response is to invite the boy into bed with him and his cowgirl-friend Karen.[citation needed] Bob is finally arrested and jailed for his sex crimes.[citation needed]
Moran's desperate coming-of-age is described with candor and humor and sets out the paradox that what is, in nearly everyone's eyes, a seriously damaging experience, can be the very thing that gives "rise to transformation, even grace".[citation needed]
The book condemns adult–child sex.[citation needed] Moran is ambivalent about the touching and other sexual acts.[citation needed] He tries to commit suicide twice, but eventually finds his feet in Off Broadway and Broadway theater.[citation needed]
Moran has also developed and performed The Tricky Part as a one-man play.[citation needed]
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