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The City and The Pillar
The City and The Pillar
Author: Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal has made this revised edition an even more penetrating version of his world famous work. Though the characters and relationships remain much the same, the ending has been changed, and there are new insights to a story which, in its way, has become part of the American myth.
ISBN: 69261
Pages: 158
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Publisher: A Signet Book
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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WhidbeyIslander avatar reviewed The City and The Pillar on + 688 more book reviews
Once in a while I succumb to the urge to read a "hot" gay book, but am often disappointed in newer books that feature a lot of over-the-top sex but little character development or narrative. Then I pick up a book like this and get carried away by the story (this one has practically no sex in it). Vidal's tale of a man struggling with being attracted to other men, yet not fitting the 1940's stereotype of the limp-wristed queen, is compelling. It follows this character through a 7 or 8 year period and other characters drift in and out of the story as he matures and accepts his own nature. Recommended unless you're strictly looking for hot over-the-top sex.

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