For nearly 60 years Mr George Lucas led a double life. A mild-mannered civil servant by day, by night he was a fixture of London's colourful underground gay scene - a twilight world of petty crime, louche pubs and public toilets. He was also an obsessive diary writer. Beginning in the early 1960s, Mr Lucas had a passionate and fraught ... Weiterlesen

Christos Tsiolkas: The In-Between

UK 2024, 376 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Atlantic

The Australian author with Greek roots wrote the gay novels »Loaded« and »Barracuda«. His novel »The Slap« has been made into a mini-series. »The In-Between« is about two middle-aged men who meet on an internet date. Each has been scarred by a previous relationship; each has his own compelling reasons for giving up on the idea of finding love. But ... Weiterlesen
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Bryan Washington: Family Meal

UK 2023, 302 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Atlantic

Growing up , TJ was Cam's boy next door. When Cam needed a home, TJ's parents - Mae and Jin - took him in. Their family bakery became Cam's safe place. Until he left, and it wasn't anymore. Years later, Cam's world is falling apart. The love of his life, Kai, is gone: but his ghost keeps haunting Cam, and won't ... Weiterlesen

Bryan Washington: Memorial

UK 2021, 303 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Atlantic

Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese-American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years - good years - but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for ... Weiterlesen

Bryan Washington: Lot

Stories. UK 2021, 222 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Atlantic

In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys. This boy and his family experience the tumult of living in the margins, ... Weiterlesen

Lama Rod Owens: Love and Rage

The Path of Liberation Through Anger. USA 2020, 281 pp., brochure, € 18.95
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North Atlantic

For many Buddhists, anger is often thought of as a root cause for suffering and lasting, negative repercussions. In American culture at large, anger - particularly among men of color - is delegitimized, demonized, or »supposed to be« suppressed. In this book, social activist and Kagyu lama Rod Owens offers a different understanding. For Owens, anger is the most important ... Weiterlesen

Damon Galgut: Arctic Summer

South Africa 2014, 368 pp., pb., € 17.95
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Atlantic

In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discovery. The seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty sky. It will be another twelve years, and ... Weiterlesen
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Christos Tsiolkas: Barracuda

UK 2013, 515 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Atlantic

Daniel Kelly has one chance to escape his working-class upbringing. His atonishing ability in the swimming pool should transform his life and silence the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. Everything Danny has ever done, every sacrifice his family has ever made, has been in pursuit of his dream. But when he ... Weiterlesen

Scotty Bowers: Full Service

My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars. UK 2012, 288 pp. with numerous b/w photos, brochure, € 19.95
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Atlantic

Newly discharged from the Marines after WWII, Scotty Bowers arrived in Hollywood in 1946. Young, charismatic, and strikingly handsome, especially in his military uniform, he quickly caught the eye of many of the town's stars and starlets. He began sleeping with some himself, and connecting others with his coterie of young, attractive, and sexually free-spirited friends. In his 30 years ... Weiterlesen