Yes, Daddy, Jonathan ParksRamage
Yes, Daddy, Jonathan ParksRamage
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Yes, Daddy

Author: Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/18/2021


Synopsis

""A gut-churning, heart-wrenching, blockbuster of a first novel . . . Parks-Ramage is an extraordinary new talent and Yes, Daddy is truly something special."" —Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead ThingsA propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an older, successful playwright into a dizzying world of wealth and an idyllic Hamptons home where things take a nightmarish turn.Jonah Keller moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but, for the time being, lives in a rundown sublet in Bushwick, working extra hours at a restaurant only to barely make rent. When he stumbles upon a photo of Richard Shriver—the glamorous Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and quite possibly the stepping stone to the fame he craves—Jonah orchestrates their meeting. The two begin a hungry, passionate affair.When summer arrives, Richard invites his young lover for a spell at his sprawling estate in the Hamptons. A tall iron fence surrounds the idyllic compound where Richard and a few of his close artist friends entertain, have lavish dinners, and—Jonah can’t help but notice—employ a waitstaff of young, attractive gay men, many of whom sport ugly bruises. Soon, Jonah is cast out of Richard’s good graces and a sinister underlay begins to emerge. As a series of transgressions lead inexorably to a violent climax, Jonah hurtles toward a decisive revenge that will shape the rest of his life.Riveting, unpredictable, and compulsively readable, Yes, Daddy is an exploration of class, power dynamics, and the nuances of victimhood and complicity. It burns with weight and clarity—and offers hope that stories may hold the key to our healing.

About Jonathan Parks-Ramage

JONATHAN PARKS-RAMAGE’s writing has been widely published in such outlets as Vice, Slate, Out, W, Atlas Obscura, Broadly, and Elle. He is an alumnus of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Parks-Ramage lives in Los Angeles with his partner, Ryan O’Connell.Yes, Daddy is his debut novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on November 23, 2020

I thought this would be a dark and juicy thriller, but there is way more going on in this one than meets the eye. Jonah Keller is a young man who has dreams of becoming a playwright. He moves from a small Illinois town to NYC, and ends up working as a waiter and living in a crap apartment while tryi......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on November 14, 2020

I have no business reading a summer 2021 book in November 2020, but I couldn't resist. I mean, look at that cover! Well, I'm happy to report that not only did I judge a book by it's cover, the book exceeded all my expectation. Yes, Daddy is Jonathan Parks-Ramage's debut novel, but this will cert......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 23, 2021

I have spent a few hours now trying to think of a good explanation for why this Modern Gay Gothic did not work for me at all and I don't have it down to a one sentence wrap up quite yet. My current theory is that the Gothic Novel (by which I mean the older, pre-20th century gothics, which this is mu......more

Goodreads review by Juan on November 29, 2020

THE GAY SUNSET BOULEVARD—a neo-noir literary fiction about the repercussions of ambition and desire. First of all, let's appreciate the cover. Would you look at that saccharine, cotton-candy pastel motif? If you think that this book would be a tale of kinky, BDSM, erotic romance—I mean no disrespect......more