The Book Of Lies
$74.03
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
8 July 1999
Summary
Bright, ambitious and handsome, Ross Ohrenstedt, a high-flier in the fashionable field of Queer Studies is flourishing amid the back-stabbing, resentments and petty intrigues of academia. He has just taken up a prestigious university post in Los Angeles and has been appointed to oversee the collection of the papers and works of Damon Von Slyke, prominent man of letters and leading light of the gay literary salon known as the Purple Circle. Sorting through the papers, Ross stumbles across a ‘l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349109916 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349109915 |
| Author: | Felice Picano |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 1999 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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Picano’s prose is funny, elegant and compulsive reading, a light style matched with persuasive storytelling.
‘An absorbing Henry James-style comedy of manners’ Scott Bradfield, MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Entertaining … a hilarious roman a clef … which includes some very deft, witty references to real published authors, including its own … carefully plotted and suspenseful’ GUARDIAN ‘Fascinating … [a] thoroughly engrossing tale of literary and academic intrigue’ GAY TIMES
About The Author
Felice Picano
Felice Picano, author of fifteen books, is a founding member of the legendary Violet Quill Club. A major leader of the modern gay literary movement, he lives in Los Angeles.
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