Fiction of Gay Interest

Pretty Boy Dead
Joseph Hansen
Publisher: Gay Sunshine Press
San Francisco, CA, USA

Year


1984 1st ed thus       
first publ: 1968 as 'Known Homosexual'
Cover / size: paperback, h 21.4 cm * w 13.9 cm / 203 pp

Dustjacket?   n/a

ISBN: 0917342488

Arbery Ref:   000249

Condition Very Good

Very slight damage to one edge. Corners and edges discoloured / stained, but binding tight, pages clean and apparently unread.

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Plot / Content:                              Rating: G

"Scorned by his family, defeated by society, Steve was at a major crossroads in his life. His marriage had gone sour, his hopes as a playwright dashed. Confused and friendless, Steve turned to pretty boy Coy Randel for love and support. But then Coy was found brutally murdered and there was only one person the police suspected: Steve."

(from the cover)



Background / Biography:

Joseph Hansen (19 July 1923 - 24 November 2004) was a prolific writer best known for a series of novels starring his most iconic creation, gay insurance investigator Dave Brandstetter.

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"He was naked in a strange bed, one of those beds that stands in a closet all day, like a bad child. At the far end of the room, gray early light fogged a bay window edged with scraps of colored glass. Close to his face, a poster for an old Bette Davis movie was taped to the wall. He rolled onto his back. The ceiling had golden oak beams, the plaster between them rain-stained. There was a black iron chandelier with only one bulb. He had never seen any of it before."

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