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The Big Gay Read – Part 2

OK, as promised, I went and checked the library. Further suggestions include:
 
Pagan’s Father – Michael Arditti
Easter – Michael Arditti
Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall – Neil Bartlett
Six of One – Rita Mae Brown
Rubyfruit Jungle – Rita Mae Brown
Father of Frankenstein – Christopher Bram
Flesh and Blood – Michael Cunningham
The Abomination – Paul Golding
While England Sleeps – David Leavitt
Brothers – Ted van Lieshout
Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll – Paul Monette
How Long Has This Been Going On? – Ethan Mordden
Like People in History – Felice Picano
Franny the Queen of Princetown – John Preston
On Glory’s Course – James Purdy
A Better Class of Blond – David Rees
In the Eyes of Mr. Fury – Philip Ridley
Aelred’s Sin – Lawrence Scott
Time and Place – Alan Sheridan
Drifters – Tom Wakefield
 
Any others you’d like to suggest?
 
Update: There’s going to be the inevitable web site for The Big Gay Read
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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5 responses to “The Big Gay Read – Part 2”

  1. robert Avatar
    robert

    I’d suggest adding Arditti’s Easter, some Firbank – or is that too early and not explicitly gay enough? I suppose the same issue crops up with Wilde. Maybe some Scoppotone.

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  2. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    Thanks, Robert. I already had Easter in the list, but Firbank is a good suggestion. Though I have to confess that I’ve never actually read any Firbank. You mention Scoppotone – do you mean Sandra Scoppettone? If so, she’s another writer that I’ve yet to read. I see that she writes in the Crime genre. Not something I’m passionate about – unless it’s the pastiche of Malcolm Pryce’s take on Raymond Chandler.

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  3. robert Avatar
    robert

    Rubs eyes and puts glasses on – sorry about that! I got the complete Firbank when a local library was selling off old stock, wonderful camp, he also attended my Cambridge college – I love the remark on various webpages that he was accidentally buried in Rome’s Protestant Cemetery – my book describes it – the location – as doctrinally inappropriate but romantically incomparable. There’s also Forster’s Maurice but I wasn’t overimpressed when I read it. I included Sandra Scoppettone (thank you!) as an example of the lesbian detective genre, her weblog is at http://sandrascoppettone.blogspot.com/

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    Unknown

    Hey, yeah,I think that Nick Alexander’s 50 Reasons to Say Goodbye should be up there. It’s one of the best gay books of 2004, and one of my favourite reads ever.Also, what about Robert Dessaix and Patrick Gale??

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  5. Geoff Avatar
    Geoff

    James, thanks for the suggestions. I haven’t read Nick Alexander’s book, but I’ve now added it to the "to do" list, thanks to you. I haven’t read any Robert Dessaix either, but I’ll look out for him from now on. Patrick Gale – yes – he belongs in the list. I read "the aerodynamics of pork" long ago – but can’t remember anything of it now. Ditto for his contribution to "Secret Lives". However, I’ve got copies of "Rough Music" and "A Sweet Obscurity" sitting waiting to be read. So many books, so little time!

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