New Millennium Boyz

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My favorite millennial provocateur. Bret Easton Ellis

There's no way a robot wrote this book. A no-holds-barred tour of the Millennial mindset's spiritual DNA. Anything goes. Douglas Coupland

NYLON Magazine Must-Reads September 2023

One of W Magazines 25 Most Anticipated Books Fall 2023

One of Dennis Coopers Favorite Novels of 2023

Brad Sela is living an apathetic suburban life in his affluent neighborhood until two new friends drag him down a destructive path toward self-discovery.

Freshly seventeen and entering his Y2K senior year, Brad is feeling fatigued by the cookie-cutter image his new-agey Oprah-loving mom and corporate-Boomer dad expect him to maintain. So, when the new transfer students, Lu and Shane, invite him out to the woods, he agrees to see what this Baphomet-worshipping goth kid and classic-rock stoner have to offer.

Soon, hes dealing with the delicate balance of a double life, forsaking old friends for his new ones, and secretly embarking on a journey of indulging his darkest impulseseven documenting some of their most dangerous and disturbing exploits on their Handycams. But as their hijinks increase and threaten to expose him, Brad is forced to reconcile who he really is or risk drowning in his downward spiral.

At turns hair-raising and harrowing, Alex Kazemis thrilling debut novel is an unnerving examination of the collision of traditional masculinity, the early internet, and irresistible pop culture that shaped the turn of the century and transformed the way boys engage with the world. The bastard love child of Bret Easton Ellis and Gregg Araki, New Millennium Boyz presents an uncensored and unsettling portrait of the year 2000 that never could have aired on MTV.

This book is raucous, raunchy, and sure to offend, and there are readers wholl appreciate those things. I will forever defend Kazemis ability to write this book and entertain his intended audience against those whod torch all three. Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank and a dozen other banned books

There is some twisted shit in this book that will likely fuck with your head and break your heart. Remember Woodstock 99, and how a sick, profit-driven media culture pushed boys to their worst impulses Think Larry Clark or Bret Easton Ellis by way of Charles Bukowski or J.G. Ballard. These kids are not all right. Kazemis prose produces the same visceral response as an early Tarantino movie. Proceed with caution. Douglas Rushkoff

Author Bio

Alex Kazemi is a pop artist, creative director, and novelist.He served as Features Editor for the inauguraledition ofKing Kong Garon and his work has been featured in Dazed, i-D, Playboy, Resident Advisor, King Kong, V, Paper, The New York Observer, Wonderland, and Oyster, among others.He lives in Vancouver.