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Maurice Burke, an archaeologist, is invited to speak at a conference in the bustling port town of Sousse, Tunisia. At first disillusioned by its rampant tourism and squalid commercialism, Maurice becomes intrigued by his surroundings after meeting a deaf-mute boy. This is the tale of a gay American professor immersed in a North African society.

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I was powerfully moved and haunted by The Deaf-Mute Boy. Joseph Geraci's deft and emotionally nuanced seduction of the reader - even as our protagonist is enchanted by Tunisia - struck me as truly remarkable. - Tim Miller, author of 1001 Beds ""Once Tunisia was the land of Gide and de Montherlant - eroticized, romantic, 'oriental' - but that was then and this is now. Overrun by tourists and fundamentalists - post-colonial, melancholic and inexplicable, threatened and threatening - it is still seductive. The Deaf-Mute Boy is a devastatingly accurate portrayal of the reality behind the modern tourism facade."" - Peter Lamborn Wilson

The Deafmute Boy

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    A Paperback by Joseph Geraci

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      Publisher MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Published 9/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780299218942
      978-0299218942
      ISBN-10 0299218945

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Maurice Burke, an archaeologist, is invited to speak at a conference in the bustling port town of Sousse, Tunisia. At first disillusioned by its rampant tourism and squalid commercialism, Maurice becomes intrigued by his surroundings after meeting a deaf-mute boy. This is the tale of a gay American professor immersed in a North African society.

      Trade Review
      I was powerfully moved and haunted by The Deaf-Mute Boy. Joseph Geraci's deft and emotionally nuanced seduction of the reader - even as our protagonist is enchanted by Tunisia - struck me as truly remarkable. - Tim Miller, author of 1001 Beds ""Once Tunisia was the land of Gide and de Montherlant - eroticized, romantic, 'oriental' - but that was then and this is now. Overrun by tourists and fundamentalists - post-colonial, melancholic and inexplicable, threatened and threatening - it is still seductive. The Deaf-Mute Boy is a devastatingly accurate portrayal of the reality behind the modern tourism facade."" - Peter Lamborn Wilson

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