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In a post-human world, creatures called oafs keep humanlike "mans" as beloved pets. One day, a poor boy oaf brings home a man, whom he hides under his bed in the hopes his parents won't find out . . .
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"In Every Boy Should Have a Man, Allen takes genre bending into unexplored territory. He has crafted a highly imaginative, unsettling work of social satire that . . . utilizes a speculative fable as a way to muse on race, slavery, civil rights and even climate change...Every Boy Should Have a Man is James Baldwin meets Aldous Huxley, a twisted contortion of a weird fairy tale future gone wrong, al
Chicago Tribune
"Every Boy Should Have a Man presents an eye-opening and beautifully rendered post-apocalyptic parable."
Colorado Springs Independent
"Where humans have dogs, oafs have mans. But in Allen's provocative parable, mans are far cleverer than dogs . . . Like all parables, there's a message here. We need to pay attention to our environment and to those Bangladeshi clothesmakers who do work for us."
The Plain Dealer