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Publication
Gay Sunshine Press (1984), Paperback, 182 pages
Description
First published in 1893, this outrageous novel of homosexual love has been attributed to Oscar Wilde with varying degrees of certainty. This edition, carefully prepared from original sources in the British Library archives, is the only one on sale annotated and unabridged. Ahead of its time in its celebration of uninhibited sensual passion between men.
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For a book about the love between two men, they managed to fit in a lot of straight sex and even a lesbian orgy. In fact, I was surprised to see that there was no man-on-man action until halfway through the book. Anyway, I enjoyed this for the myriad of biblical and mythological references. It
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seemed like I could hardly turn a page without some comparison to Lot, Antinous, Jonathan, Penelope, the River Styx, etc. Show Less
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1893
Physical description
182 p.; 8.3 inches
ISBN
091734233X / 9780917342332
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OCLC = 104
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