- Fiction, Fiction in English, Gay men, Fiction, gay
One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene.
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Nostalgic, prestige, character-led and meticulous.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- rawmeticulous
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Andrew Holleran
- First published
- 1978
- Pages
- 253
- Publisher
- Quality Paperback book club, Corgi, William Morrow & Co
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- German, French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780060937065
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“HE was just a face I saw in a discotheque one winter, but it was I who ended up going back to Fire Island to pick up his things.”
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