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- From: proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.books
- Subject: Re: good novels about gay lifestyle
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.204527.15735@informix.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 20:45:27 GMT
- References: <Bxy9yp.1x2@wsrcc.com>
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- In article <Bxy9yp.1x2@wsrcc.com> alison@wsrcc.com (Alison Chaiken) writes:
- >I'd like to read one or two good books about the gay lifestyle in
- >order to try to understand it. In particular I am NOT curious about
- >gay sexual practices (not a prude; just not interested). I undertake
- >this project in the same spirit as when a few years ago I decided to
- >read several books about Islam: I want to "see how the other half
- >lives." Recommendations for serious adult fiction are appreciated.
- >--
- >Alison Chaiken alison@wsrcc.com
- >(510) 422-7129 [daytime] or chaiken@cmsgee.llnl.gov
- >Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
-
- Try "The City and the Pillar" by Gore Vidal. That seems to fit
- you spec.
-
- Paul
-