A Song for Bijou

Contents

1 The Slow-Motion Thing

2 What’s Wrong with All-Boys Schools, Pt. 1

5 What’s Wrong with All-Boys Schools, Pt. 2

6 Dolly Hits the Nail on the Head

7 Zip Your Fly

8 Spring Fling

9 No Boyfriends

10 A Little Bit Cute

11 Rara Surprise

12 Making the Call

13 Haitian, Haitian, Go Back to Your Nation

14 Project Bijou

15 Dollar Van

16 A Drum of My Own, Then Something Better

17 New, Crazy Powers

18 Our Own Gran Bwa

19 No Drumming at the Table

20 Alex’s “Move”

21 Pretending to Yawn

22 Brainstorming Masterpieces

24 When You’re Busted, You’re Busted

25 Honing Our Act

26 Boys on Film

27 Enjoy Your Dessert

29 Long-Time Friends

31 Strange Silence

32 A Boy in My Life

33 Preparations

35 Last-Minute Change of Plans

36 Why Can’t We Be Friends?

Acknowledgments

Author’s Note

Also by Josh Farrar