A manuscript is discovered inside a hollowed-out home economics textbook: it is the story of a young man from a small town who comes to the big city at the height of the Cold War. His accidental discovery of a gay subculture culminates in a feverish, dreamlike initiation that pushes him irrevocably towards crisis. This is a novel about discovery, loss and the contemporary |closet| where stories lie hidden from view.
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A manuscript is discovered inside a hollowed-out home economics textbook: it is the story of a young man from a small town who comes to the big city at the height of the Cold War. His accidental discovery of a gay subculture culminates in a feverish, dreamlike initiation that pushes him irrevocably towards crisis. This is a novel about discovery, loss and the contemporary |closet| where stories lie hidden from view.
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In stock Published: 01-09-1998£15.99More info