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For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City
For the Pleasure of His Company An Affair of the Misty City Author:Charles Warren Stoddard This is an autobiographical novel by California writer, Charles Warren Stoddard (1832-1909). It tells the story of Paul Clitheroe's unsuccessful bout of writing, acting and love in turn-of-the-century San Francisco and his eventual escape into the arms of three naked South Sea Islanders. — First published in San Francisco in 1903 and long out... more »-of-print, this edition brings to the present day reader a re-issue of what may be termed the first relatively open American novel with homosexual themes.« less