Every Man For Himself

by Orland Outland

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

PS3565 .U96 E9 1999

Publication

Kensington (1999), 265 pages

Description

A HAPPY HUBBY?Hardly! How could John Eames have thought he could spend the rest of his life with a man whose idea of fun is a mid-summer tour of Civil War battlefields? It isn't that John doesn't love dependable, intellectual Harrison. But there are definitely other fish in the sea, and lately, they seem to be swarming around John!A HOT NEW HOBBY?Thanks to a trial separation, John is free at last to embrace his inner Boy Toy. From his San Francisco gym to the beaches of an all-male resort suitably called Babylon, he explores the dizzying array of options available to one who possesses perfect pecs and great hair. There's only one rule in this brash new world where anything goes: every man for himself.A delightfully gay comedy of manners and morals, EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF skewers the gay archetype of the nineties -- the buff poseur -- and breathes real life into an age of sexual chaos, pumped-up extremes, and the ever-changing rules of attraction.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member annmariestover
This was the second of two of Orland Outland's books I read within a month's time. Again, there were guilty pleasure aspects, some stuff that almost didn't work, but was generally validated by the end. And more issues and thinking! I started noticing the pattern in this one. The hard-hitting stuff
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starts readily presenting itself about 3/4ths of the way through. He doesn't want to beat you over the head with his opinions, but he wants to make sure you're thoroughly sucked in before serving up his opinions on culture and society. This took no more than a weekend.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1999

Physical description

265 p.; 9.26 inches

ISBN

1575664186 / 9781575664187
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