A Push and a Shove
| Author | Christopher Kelly |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Alyson Books |
Publication date | September 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 312 |
| ISBN | 978-1-59350-048-1 |
| OCLC | 144596584 |
A Push and a Shove: A Novel is a 2007 novel in the thriller genre by Christopher Kelly. Kelly, an openly gay man, is a film critic and journalist for Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Texas Monthly. Kelly developed the story over four years and it is "slightly autobiographical [...] with elements of me in both the main characters." Publishers Weekly recommended it as a "combination of revenge and coming-of-age story".
The novel won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction in 2007. Kelly is working simultaneously on two other novels; one is "another dark thriller" the other is a satire.