Dan Wakefield

American novelist and journalist, author of the novel "Going All the Way" (1970), noted for fiction and memoirs reflecting Midwestern life.

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  1. 1. Going All The Way

    Set in a conservative Midwestern city in the 1950s, the novel follows two childhood friends as they confront sexual longing, broken family ties and the pressures of religion and social expectation while trying to reinvent themselves; candid, often humorous and painfully honest, it traces their attempts to escape provincial life through romance, rebellion and self-discovery, exposing how desire, guilt and the scars of youthful mistakes shape their search for identity and belonging.

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