The City And The Pillar
$25.60
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
19 June 1997
Summary
The City and the Pillar: A Forbidden Love in a Bygone Era
Jim Willard, a former high-school athlete and the quintessential boy-next-door, finds himself captivated by a lingering memory: an intimate, adolescent moment shared with his friend, Bob Ford. Driven by this first love, Jim ventures into the clandestine gay world of 1940s America, a journey that exposes hidden Hollywood romances, the concealed lives within the military during World War II, and the shadowy bar culture of New Y…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349106571 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349106576 |
| Author: | Gore Vidal, Jay Parini |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 1997 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 134mm x 13mm |
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Certainly one of the best novels of its kind … It isn’t sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking. These are enormous virtues. - Christopher Isherwood
A noble work - Thomas MannAbout The Author
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal was the author of ‘The Narratives of a Golden Age’ series as well as countless bestsellers.
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