A howl along the way (Second Edition)

Author: Xiao Rui
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: At 17, the boy Bu Debu and his friend Why are two notorious "underachievers" at a boarding "elite high school." Unable to tolerate the lifeless clichés on campus, they secretly escape during a scorching afternoon to Yan Zhuang, a rural-urban, to find a group of renowned wandering artists. Bu Debu feels this is the ideal paradise he has always dreamed of, filled with friendship, equality, passion, and sunshine. Bu Debu and Why take their first step into adult society, striving to integrate themselves among them. The artists clearly disdain the two boys. After enduring a series of ridicule and neglect, the two teenagers finally realize that this paradise also hides hypocrisy and ugliness. Bu Debu is beaten and left covered in blood after carelesslying the artists' absurd talk about rape and sex. At this moment, the friendship between the two rebellious teenagers begins to mutate and twist. Bu Debu and Why return to school again. This journey is not the first, nor will it be the last. For them in their teenage years, the exciting life is always somewhere else.