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Availability:In StockContributor:John RechyPublish date:2013-11-12Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802121530ISBN-10:802121535UPC:9780802121530Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Literary, City LifeBook Topic:GaySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC1EAF48GK
" Rechy's] tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own. . . . He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys. . . . This is a most humbling and liberating achievement."--James Baldwin

When John Rechy's explosive first novel appeared in 1963, it marked a radical departure in fiction, and gave voice to a subculture that had never before been revealed with such acuity. It earned comparisons to Genet and Kerouac, even as Rechy was personally attacked by scandalized reviewers. Nevertheless, the book became an international bestseller, and fifty years later, it has become a classic. Bold and inventive in style, Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "youngman" and his search for self-knowledge within the neon-lit world of hustlers, drag queens, and the denizens of their world, as he moves from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter. Now including never-seen original marked galley pages and an interview with the author, Rechy's portrait of the edges of America has lost none of its power to move and exhilarate.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802121530ISBN-10:802121535UPC:9780802121530Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, Literary, City LifeBook Topic:GaySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC1EAF48GK
John Rechy is the author of twelve novels, among them the New York Times bestseller Numbers, the Los Angeles Times bestsellers Rushes and The Coming of the Night, as well as The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gómez and the nonfiction books The Sexual Outlaw and About My Life and the Kept Woman (all from Grove Press). He has received many awards, including PEN Center USA's Lifetime Achievement Award and the William Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. He lives in Los Angeles

Publisher: Grove Press

Edition

50th Edition

Contributor(s)

John Rechy

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