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Fiction of Gay Interest
Plot / Content: Rating: G "Narrated in a voice that may be construed as the author's own, Guide is the story of the conflict between a novelist's fantasy life and his inability to represent it in language. Remembering the clarity he felt during an LSD trip in his teens, 'Dennis' drops acid and attempts to write a novel that will make sense of his life,his desires, his friends and his art." The fourth volume in Cooper's five-novel cycle, Guide is his most shocking study yet of the darker side of human need and the nature of desire. It reaffirms his position as a writer whose ability to transgreess is matched by his literary brilliance." (from the cover) Background / Biography: Dennis Cooper (born 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist. continued on Wikipedia) Reviews: Arbery Books also sells secondhand and rare non-gay fiction and non-fiction. Click here for our full list. |
"Luke's at Scott's. Mason's home jerking off to a picture of Smear's bassist, Alex. Alex's jeans are so tight you can make out his ass. It's sort of nondescript, like a kid's. Robert, Tracy, and Chris are several miles across town shooting dope. They're so fucked up. Pam's directing a porn film. Goof is the star. He's twelve and a half. I'm home playing records and writing a novel about the aforementioned people, especially Luke. This is it." opening paragraph Secondhand booksellers |
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