Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider is releasing his first fictional novel. “Frats” will be released on May 22nd.
The story is based on true events, and is “a ’70s period piece and coming-of-age story” that’s “all about toxic masculinity and growing up in a very toxic environment and how it affects people.”
Snider described the book as a period piece/coming of age story set on Long Island, NY in 1972/73 inspired by true events, but also added, “No it’s not my story.”
Red Penguin Books describes the book as,
“When young Bobby Kovax unexpectedly moves with his parents to Baldwin, Long Island, the high school hallways of 1972 prove to be littered with boys of all shapes and sizes desperate for one thing and one thing only – to belong. As he ventures ever deeper into the jungle of battling brotherhoods, or self-proclaimed “frats”, hazing ceremonies, broken promises, and his own sense of self lead Bobby down the dark path of joining forces with what he fears the most in order to go on. But how far will he go, and who is he willing to hurt, as he fights to survive?”
Snider previously wrote two other books: “Dee Snider’s Teenage Survival Guide: Or How To Be A Legend In Your Own Lunch Time” and Snider’s official autobiography, “Shut Up And Give Me The Mic.”