Into?, North Morgan
Into?, North Morgan
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Into?
A Novel

Author: North Morgan

Narrator: Christian Coulson

Unabridged: 6 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2018


Synopsis

In Into? North Morgan shines a coolly mesmerizing light on the modern generation of gay men that are living firmly outside the closet, freed from the shadow of AIDS and elevated by popular culture, but plagued by a new set of problems, insecurities and self-destructions.

Konrad Platt needs to get out of town. Heartbroken after his boyfriend leaves him for another man, Konrad abandons his life in London for the warm sun and blue surf of LA. He occupies a refined world of hard abs, VIP parties, and designer drugs that’s constantly, endlessly documented on social media. You know him from your various feeds – sunkissed, gym ripped and always having a better time than you. Or is he?

Beneath the perfectly curated Instagram profile is a man spiraling out of control and desperate for meaningful connection. As Konrad goes from gay bar to gay pride, and swipes right from bed to bed, North Morgan spins a story in brutal, addictive prose of excess and love that’s like nothing you’ve ever read.

Praise for Into?:

"Into? has a sense of urgency — 'You must read this now!' I told a friend, shoving my copy into his hands. The novel is not clunking around with the literary halo of high advances and M.F.A. pedigree and overthought adjectives, but it’s a brutal story about loneliness in this hyperactive social media age that was bursting to be told." — New York Times

About North Morgan

North Morgan was born in Greece and educated in the UK. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on March 07, 2018

This was a Goodreads win. The main character Konrad Platt is hopelessly hopeful. Where many of us would cut our losses or not go down a doomed path, Konrad is irrevocably compelled to follow dead end after dead end, particularly if it’s what he’s into. On the surface, this reads as a gay novel but i......more

Goodreads review by Liz on April 15, 2018

This was an interesting book. Written in a stream of consciousness style, it had a slow and repetitive pacing that was somewhat annoying but that was also was part of the point of the book. The endless tedium of the search for something meaningful. Well-written with interesting characters and dialog......more

Goodreads review by Marc on May 08, 2018

I received the ARC as a Goodreads Giveaway. I wasn't sure if I was going to like this novel as I started it and much to my surprise, I liked it very much. In fact, I couldn't put it down once I started it. Konrad's live-in boyfriend of four years breaks up with him and leads 33 year old Konrad to mo......more