Fiction of Gay Interest

Rough Trade
Lou Rand
Publisher: Argyle Books
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Year


1964 FIRST EDITION       (see background below)
Cover / size: Hardback / h 20.2 cm * w 14.2 cm / 333 pp

Dustjacket?   yes

ISBN: n/a

Arbery Ref:   000167

Condition Very Good

Minor damage and slight tears to edges of jacket. Pencil inscription on pre-title page. Binding tight and pages clean. Very good addition to library of this period of gay fiction.

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Plot / Content:                              Rating: G

"Handsome homosexuals on a rampaging orgy of gay lust and the sultry women who tempt them.
"An explosive novel probing deeply into a twilight world still referred to in hushed whispers. A novel which is candidly outspoken in its blazing revelations of those who dare to be different . . . all the way.
"This is the story of Francis Morley, handsome ex-chorus boy who views life with an acerb flip of the wrist, and Tiger Olsen, ex-marine who is more than all man. Together they prowl the gay bars where an intimate language of forbidden desire is spoken among those on the 'inside'. In the bath-house, exclusive meeting place of the homosexual set, they come face to face with strange acts of desire. Together they roam the 'gay' cruising grounds where sudden violence and passion culminate in blackmail and murder.
"This is also the story of Vivien. Her strange brother leads Francis on a wild night-long chase. Meanwhile, her own flaming desires exhaust even Tiger.
"In this book you'll meet people like Frankie and Johnnie, an arm-in-arm twosome whose search for thrills leads them to a hidden bar where dope mingles with depravity."
(from the jacket)




Background / Biography:

Lou Rand was also the author of The Gay Cookbook. Rough Trade first appeared in 1961 as The Gay Detective but this title is very rare. Google Books has the following information.




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"Looking down the passageway behind Tiger, Francis noted an elderly 'bather' who had prowled past them several times. He was now talking to a very tall, skinny attendant dressed in whites. As Francis or Tiger seemed to be the subject of the conversation, Francis was not too surprised when they were presently approached by the man in white.

'Hello, you two,' he greeted them with the same girlish effusiveness that seemed characteristic of all the people they'd met during the night. 'Are you having fun?'"








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