{"product_id":"the-victor-and-the-vanquished-9798779704359","title":"The Victor and the Vanquished","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Wildyr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Erotica - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung William \"Wilum\" Greyhorse carves small animals and toys for his younger sisters as a method of coping with alcoholic parents and physical abuse. With the growing estrangement from his family, he is shaken by the increasingly powerful feeling that he is different. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe day he meets Jason Bedford in an Albuquerque park, the Native American youth's unexplained yearnings blaze into outright desire. Jason, a successful Anglo artist, likewise exposes him to a different, heretofore unimagined, economic lifestyle. When his whittling turns into art, Wilam begins to hope this will provide a way of escape from the trap his life has become. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn into a Native American culture without a tradition of respect for Two-Spirits, Wilam finally embraces his unusual appetites and struggles to chart an uncertain course through the homophobic society surrounding him. His growing skill as a sculptor helps him find his way. His search for a soul mate proves more difficult.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48226542289047,"sku":"9798779704359","price":1616.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798779704359.webp?v=1788771188","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-victor-and-the-vanquished-9798779704359","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}