Boys in Gilded Cages

**Editorial Reviews**

"Brilliant and dreamy." - **UsWeekly**

"A landmark novel." - **Mademoiselle**

"One of the top indie authors to watch in 2017." - **Buzzfeed**

"An extraordinary feat of literary misanthropy. A must-read." - **Denver News**

“Jarod Powell’s work is smart and filled with characters that are really showcased in the mainstream. He’s able to show complex characters and place them in engaging situations, all of which creates something smart and rich for the reader to enjoy.” - **Currents**

“8 out of 10: The despair in the novel is all too real, capturing the torment of the teenagers in such a painful and hypnagogic way...I recommend Boys in Gilded Cages to those who are not afraid to read a dark-humored novel addressing child abuse, mental illness, and drug addiction, and are willing to undertake the challenge of piecing together the disjointed story of a manipulative church not unlike one in the real world.” - **Michelle's Niche**

**From The Publisher:**

In gloomy southern Missouri, meth-addicted preacher's son Eric Redmond--idealistic, eccentric, and wise beyond his years--warns us of an impending apocalypse of our own doing. With a wide cast of characters that exist in the periphery of unreliable source Eric, including a satirical depiction of the Westboro Baptist Church, we see both dysfunction and beauty in this hypnotic and fragmented novel of adolescent self-destruction, bad medicine, and death. Jarod Powell evokes the emotions of youth with haunting sensitivity and dark humor and creates a vivid illustration of the disaffected teenage psyche in a story unlike any of our time. Currently being adapted into a feature-length film, Boys in Gilded Cages has the makings of a modern classic, a lyrical and timeless tale of sex, drugs and death that transforms and mythologizes rural American life.