Forbidden Colors Author:Yukio Mishima His anguished homosexuality burgeoning out of a loveless marriage, Yuichi is drawn into the powerful grasp of an aging writer who makes him a tool for revenge on the women who have wronged him. Yuichi's trials take him through the demoralized streets of post-war Japan, through parks of assignation, gay bars and parties, into the lives of fal... more »len aristocrats, black marketeers, and male prostitutes. A hidden world of joy, evasions, frustrations and fears is laid open and bare by an author called an "international genius" and "Japan's most gifted novelist."« less