Fiction. Told in dreamlike fragments, MANBUG unfolds as a story of love and friendship between Sebastian, an entomologist with Asperger's Syndrome, and Tom, a dyslexic bisexual. It is a beguiling, tragicomic novel about beauty, horror, desire, and what lurks just beneath the skin.
"Ilsley's lucid prose is infused with invigorating originality."—Richard Labonte
"Sexy, funny, and daring...and just crazy enough..."—Mark Merlis
George K. Ilsley is from Nova Scotia. A graduate of Osgoode Hall, he has been a wok cook, house husband, props-maker, proofreader, and roof sealer. He has biked around the Adriatic, hitchhiked to Mexico, ambled through the Himalayas, and taught English in Tokyo.
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