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Swim the Fly by Don Calame5/24/2023 ![]() There’s plenty of girl-ogling on the part of the boys, and Calame has a knack for lacing their dialogue with creative euphemisms. Major plot points include a diarrheal disaster, a barfing extravaganza, and a backfiring visit to a nude beach. The novel tests the boundaries of what some adults might deem tasteful. Humour and hormones are Swim’s dual fuels. Tony the Gorilla), but Matt sucks at the butterfly. The problem is, not only will Matt have to compete against Kelly’s ex-boyfriend, star athlete Tony Grillo (a.k.a. ![]() Matt is crushing on a new girl on the team named Kelly, and to impress her, he volunteers to swim the butterfly in the regional championships. The trio live in Lower Rockville, a sort of North American everysuburb, and compete on the local swim team. ![]() Reading like a cross between Fast Times at Ridgemont High and The Karate Kid, Don Calame’s Swim the Fly finds nerdy 15-year-old Matt Gratton conspiring with his equally nerdy buddies, Cooper and Sean, to achieve their summer goal: to see a naked girl for the first time. ![]()
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