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City of Night
City of Night
Author: John Rechy
When John Rechy's explosive first novel--now a classic--appeared in 1963, it became a national best-seller and ushered in a new era of gay fiction. Bold and inventive in his account of the urban underworld of male prostitution, Rechy is equally unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "youngman" and his search for self-knowledge within the n...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802130839
ISBN-10: 0802130836
Publication Date: 1/13/1994
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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fasterpussycat avatar reviewed City of Night on + 5 more book reviews
One of my favorite books. A classic of glbt literature.
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It was absolutely amazing to read about GLBT before GLBT was an accepted (at least in urban areas...) way to live - and before there even was a "B" or "T"! This is a scathing novel; hard to read...harder to put down.


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