"Trigell's first novel, Boy A ...won prizes in Britain, and was acclaimed for its attack on tabloid justice. His second, Cham (short for Chamonix) features a ski bum hero and perhaps aims to replicate for skiing what Kem Nunn has done for surfing. 'Itchy knows, not just from photographs, but by memories of his treatment that he was a beautiful boy, way back when Snickers were Marathons and Michael Jackson was black, ' writes Trigell, making humor...