Gay Fiction - Overview

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Arbery Books defines gay fiction as:
  • fiction written by a man known to be homosexual
  • fiction with at least one male homosexual character
  • (usually in older fiction) no explicit reference to male homosexuality but suggestions of a gay element to the plot or in at least one character
Titles are rated as follows:
  • G: main plot and character(s) are gay
  • g: main plot is not gay-related, but at least one leading character is gay and / or sub-plot is gay-related
  • S: no explicit homosexuality, but suggestions of a gay element in the plot and / or at least one character
  • N: author known or believed to be gay, but no explicit or implicit references to homosexuality in text


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"The queer pub is different. Comparatively few people come alone, except if they happen to be regulars. The usual custom is to come in pairs, then ignore each other for most of the evening, except when the strain becomes too great. If one talks to an unattached person there is usually tension. The man is ill at ease, it takes time to sum you up and the process occupies most of his mind and renders him tongue-tied. he doesn't know whether you are a plain-clothes man or not. This, of course, is usually easy to decide; your age, your clothes, your appearance give the information in a few seconds. But there are other considerations; he doesn't know what you demand; he can guess, but only trial and error can supply the answer."

The Heart in Exile (novel), Rodney Garland, UK, 1953


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