It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father's violence in his blood. One who lives his mother's artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will change their fate. It is a beginning. Their stories will intertwine and evolve ... Weiterlesen

Matthew Todd: Straight Jacket

USA 2020, 382 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Black Swan

»Straight Jacket« is a revolutionary clarion call for gay men, the whole community of gays, lesbians, bi- and transsexuals, their friends and family. Part memoir, part ground-breaking polemic, it looks beneath the shiny facade of contemporary gay culture and asks if gay people are as happy as they could be - and if not, why not? Meticulously researched, courageous and ... Weiterlesen

John Boyne: A Ladder to the Sky

UK 2018, 448 pp., pb., € 12.95
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Black Swan

If you look hard enough, you will find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be-novelist Maurice Swift decides early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated gay author Erich Ackerman gives Maurice an opportunity. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell; whether ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: The Days of Anna Madrigal

USA 2015, 270 pp., pb., € 12.95
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Black Swan

Anna Madrigal, the transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, is one of modern literature's most unforgettable and enduring characters. Now a fragile ninety-two and committed to the notion of »leaving like a lady«, Anna has seemingly found peace in the bosom of her logical family in San Francisco. Some members of Anna's family are bound for the other-worldly landscape of ... Weiterlesen

John Irving: In One Person

UK 2013, 623 pp., Pb, € 12.95
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Black Swan

John Irving's 13th novel tells the outrageous story of bisexual novelist Billy Abbott, who comes of age in the uptight 1950s and explores his sexuality through the decades into the plague-ridden 1980s and finally to a more positive present day. Sexual confusion sets in early for Billy, simultaneously attracted to both the female librarian and golden boy wrestler Jacques Kittredge, ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Babycakes

UK 1984 (Reissue 2007), 316 pp., Pb, € 12.95
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Black Swan - Tales of the City 4

The characters that filled the pages of the three earlier »Tales of the City« books with love and laughter are at it again, as an ordinary house-husband and his ambitious wife discover there's more to making a baby than meets the eye. Unexpected help arrives in the form of a British monarch, a grieving gay neighbour, and an international ring ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Sure of You

UK 1991, 284 pp., Pb, € 12.95
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Black Swan - Tales of the City 6

In this, the sixth and final self-contained volume of Armistead Maupin's epic chronicle of modern life, a fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Wistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, »Sure of You« is a triumphant finale to one of the most addictively ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Significant Others

UK 1989, 316 pp., Pb, € 12.95
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Black Swan - Tales of the City 5

»Significant Others«, the fifth self-contained chronicle in the »Tales of the City« saga, is a cunningly observed class comedy that's sure to be relished by the cognoscenti and by new readers alike. A holiday in the redwoods goes uproariously awry when the opposing sexes camp out rather too close to each other for comfort. Among those entangled in the mayhem ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: Further Tales of the City

UK 1989, 271 pp., Pb, € 12.95
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Black Swan - Tales of the City 3

The residents of 28 Barbary Lane are back again in this racy, suspenseful and wildly romantic sequel to »Tales of the City« and »More Tales of the City«. DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track down a charismatic psychopath, Michael Tolliver looks for love, landlady Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement storeroom, and Armistead Maupin is in ... Weiterlesen

Armistead Maupin: More Tales of the City

UK 1989, 288 pp., Pb, € 17.95
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Black Swan - Tales of the City 2

The divinely human comedy that began with »Tales of the City« rolls recklessly along as Michael Tolliver pursues his favourite gynaecologist, Mona Ramsey uncovers her roots in a desert whorehouse, and Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with the amnesiac of her dreams.

Armistead Maupin: Tales of the City

USA 1989, 269 pp., pb, € 14.95
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Black Swan - Tales of the City 1

San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous - unmistakably the handiwork of Armistead Maupin.