![]() ![]() As Geryon spends more time with Herakles, he becomes rebellious and drifts further apart from his mother, eventually fleeing to Hades, Herakles’s hometown. ![]() ![]() When Geryon is 14, he meets an older, confident, and carefree boy named Herakles, and they become inseparable, eventually developing a sexual relationship. The abuse prompts Geryon to retreat inward, hiding his “inside” life from the “outside” world and inspiring him to create an autobiography, which ultimately takes the form of a photographic essay. Although Geryon is initially close with Geryon’s mother, she fails to protect him from his older brother’s sexual abuse. Longing to fit in with the ordinary humans he lives among, Geryon avoids flying and hides his wings. Geryon is a shy, introspective boy who is ashamed of his monstrosity. The Geryon of the novel is a red- winged monster who lives on an island called “the Red Place,” located somewhere in the Atlantic. The protagonist, Geryon, is based on the monster Herakles slew in Greek mythology. ![]()
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