The Temptations of St. Frank — Anthony Bruno

Seventeen-year-old Frank Grimaldi wants one thing more than anything else--to have sex before he graduates. Too bad his crazy parents, insane teachers, the Catholic Church, and the Mafia are all standing in the way.

Imagine Catch-22's Captain Yossarian in high school. Imagine Prep written by a guy. Imagine the heroes of Superbad as seniors at St. Anselm's Preparatory School for Boys. Imagine the narrator of Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus as a Catholic. Imagine J.P. Donleavy's The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B set in New Jersey in 1970. Imagine THE TEMPTATIONS OF ST. FRANK, a Catholic school coming-of-age novel.