Comic ventriloquist and satirist, Lachlan Werner's first full poetry collection combines research in ethics and evolutionary biology, gonzo journalism and memoir to explore human sexuality. With his signature sharpness, flippancy, mild darkness and subversive style-along with striking illustrations-Werner stirringly captures the delight, confusion, loneliness and finally, hope, in the experience of 21st century 'queerness'. Here is the story of the Young Clown and the Blue Eyed Boy: Raw, funny, bittersweet-a tale that's gay without glitter.