The Unyielding Clamor of the Night: A Novel

By James C. Mohr and Professor James C. Mohr

Book Overview

A young man of privileged upbringing leaves his home in the prosperous north of his island nation to teach in the devastated south, where a civil war festers. Over the course of several months, in which he befriends many of the town's people and becomes teacher not only to the town's children but to the enlisted men of the local army station, he loses his faith in and hope for the future. The Unyielding Clamour of the Night is a sympathetic novel that enters the mind and soul of a character to reveal the brutal and lasting affects of acts of violence, and how violence only begets violence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896951872
• ISBN13: 9781896951874
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Cormorant Books
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

No Mincing, No Whinging, No Coming of Age

I am weary of stories about gay men that feature teens "coming of age," or rejects from 1970's Fire Island, or fashion designers ... etc. I want real people I can relate to. Like "Liquor" by Poppy Z. Brite (whose quote led me to it), "The Concrete Sky" is a book about interesting adult characters who happen to be gay, not hot-pink rainbow-flagged GAY CHARACTERS. Chad and Jonathan came alive for me, and while their adventures...

WHAT A NICE CHANGE!

It is so refreshing to read a gay themed novel that doesn't immediately dive into erotica or stereotypes. The characters are multi-faceted and true to life, which seems to be lacking in most gay literature (Jamie O'neil and David Leavitt notwithstanding). The book rushes along taking the reader on a fast-paced thrill ride. The dialog is fresh and honest, The plot twists and turns, and Mr. Marshall is an auther of great insight...

The Concrete Sky is an exciting thrill ride!

Marshall Moore's debut novel is a sexy fun-filled romp where the main character, Chad, finds himself in a pych unti after his demented browbeat of a brother declares him menatlly unstable. While waiting for the doctors to to release him, Chad meets a sexy, saucy young man named Jonathon, as the patients' mysterious death tole increases.I loved the fact that these two characters find romance in, of all places, a mental institution...

Murder(s) most foul--and witty

I got this book because I thought it'd make a great beach read. How wrong I was.I was so engrossed with the breakneck twists and turns of the plot, the deceptively dry voice of Chad, the narrator, which sizzles with witty venom, and the very sexy game of cat-and-mouse between Chad and Jonathan--the boy who may or may not be a mad killer, may or may not be the man of Chad's dreams--that I read the whole book in one sitting...

This is a debut novel? I want more!

The author is the child Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker never had together. I haven't read anything this witty in years. THE CONCRETE SKY made me laugh, it made me mad, it made me think, it got under my skin. I was rooting for Chad and Jonathan and I wanted to slap them both too. I couldn't put this one down. It made me late for work because I stayed up late reading. This is a debut novel? What's he going to write next?...