The City And The Pillar
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- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
20 June 1997
Summary
Jim Willard, former high-school athlete and clean-cut boy-next-door, is haunted by the memory of a romantic adolescent encounter with his friend Bob Ford. As Jim pursues his first love, in awe of the very same masculinity he possesses himself, his progress through the secret gay world of 1940’s America unveils surreptitious Hollywood affairs, the hidden life of the military in the Second World War, and the underworld bar culture of New York City.
With the publication of his daring thi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349106571 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349106576 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal, Jay Parini |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 20 June 1997 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 134mm x 13mm |
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Certainly one of the best novels of its kind … It isn’t sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking. These are enormous virtues. - Christopher Isherwood
A noble work - Thomas MannAbout The Author
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal was the author of ‘The Narratives of a Golden Age’ series as well as countless bestsellers.
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