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GMP Publishers Ltd (1985), Edition: New edition, 264 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member ChrisWeir
Is a loosely fictionalized memoir of John Lemann and his life during the early half of the 20th century. He's English born but spends much time in Austria pre-WWII. With a few close friends he finds the in place for boys "on the game," what Americans would call hustling. This book at a glance seems
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to be a catalog of his gay romances during this time. That being said each chapter details his affair and it's end with each of the boys and one woman. Very interesting novel as it's a time capsule of that time which we don't see often especially written in a first person way such as this novel. It reminded me frequently of Cabaret with him describing the various bars and such. Show Less
LibraryThing member jwhenderson
In this, a delightful picaresque account of the search for pleasure in the Europe of the 1920s, the author provides a gay sexual memoir that evokes the character of that time. The search for an ideal provides a wealth of interesting information about the social milieu that was alive for men
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searching for a certain life in the world of pre-war homosexual haunts. Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
264 p.
ISBN
0907040551 / 9780907040552