Saleem Haddad: Guapa

UK 2019, 300 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Random House
Set over the course of 24 hours, »Guapa« follows Rasa, a gay man living in an unnamed Arab country, as he tries to carve out a life for himself in the midst of political and social upheaval. Rasa spends his days translating for Western journalists and pining for the nights when he can sneak his lover, Taymour, into his room. ... Weiterlesen
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Patrick Gale: Tree Surgery for Beginners

UK 2018, 302 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Tinder Press
When Lawrence Frost wakes up one morning to discover his wife and child have gone missing, there is gruesome evidence to suggest he may be the main suspect in a murder investigation. Confused, threatened with the loss of everything he loves, Lawrence is sent to the Caribbean on a kill-or-cure cruise. On board and ashore he will discover love, deceit, ... Weiterlesen

Michael Ausiello: Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies

USA 2018, 320 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Atria
For the past decade, TV fans have counted upon Michael Ausiello's insider knowledge to get the scoop on their favorite shows and stars. From his time at »Soaps in Depth« and »Entertainment Tonight« to his influential stints at »TV Guide« and »Entertainment Weekly« to his current role as co-founder of the wildly popular website TVLine.com, Michael has established himself as ... Weiterlesen

David Sedaris: Calypso

UK 2018, 273 pp., pb., € 14.95
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Little Brown
When David Sedars buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, he envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a ... Weiterlesen

Richard Scott: Soho

UK 2018, 78 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Faber and Faber
In his debut, Richard Scott creates an uncompromising portrait of love and gay shame. Examining how trauma becomes a part of the language we use, Scott takes us back to our roots: childhood incidents, the violence our scars betray, forgotten forebears and histories. The hungers of sexual encounters are underscored by the risks that threaten when we give ourselves to ... Weiterlesen

Christoph Klimke: Der Koloss

Eine Erzählung. D 2018, 112 S., geb., € 18.50
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Radius
Seit Kindheitstagen hängt über seinem Bett die Reproduktion von Goyas »Koloss« - die Phantasie beflügelnd, aber auch furchteinflößend. Gelingt es dem Journalisten Klaus, sich nach einer abermaligen Krebsdiagnose dem Dämon zu stellen? Die Unsicherheit der eigenen Zukunft - kommt der Nierenkrebs zurück, der vor vier Jahren schon einmal da war? - schärft dem Protagonisten, den Blick auf sich und seine ... Weiterlesen

Patrik Schedler: Karlheinz Weinberger oder Die Ballade von Jim

CH 2018, 128 S., Broschur, € 29.90
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Limmat-Verlag
Nach außen führte Karlheinz Weinberger ein unauffälliges Leben, arbeitete erst als Teppich- und Möbelverkäufer, später als Lagerist. Zeitlebens wohnte er im selben Haus in Zürich. In seiner Freizeit fotografierte er Halbstarke, Rocker, Biker und Tätowierte und bildete die Rückseiten der bürgerlichen Welt der Schweiz ab. Auch Sportfotografien, Bilder der Volkskultur und homoerotische Bilder finden sich in seinem Vermächtnis. Weinbergers fotografisches ... 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

Alexander Chee: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

USA 2018, 288 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Mariner
This is the author's manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these essays, he grows from student to teacher, reader to writer, and reckons with his identities as a son, a gay man, a Korean American, an artist, an activist, a ... Weiterlesen

Thomas Perle: Wir gingen, weil alle gingen

Ö 2018, 136 S., Broschur, € 12.00
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Edition Exil
Rumänien 1989: ein ganzes Land blickt gebannt in die Röhrenfernseher der sozialistischen Republik. Zwei Leichen werden wie Puppen in die Kamera gehalten. Der Diktator und seine Frau sind tot. Bilder, die sich ins europäische Gedächtnis gebrannt, Familienleben und Biografien zerrissen haben. Der schwule Autor, der selbst 1987 in Rumänien geboren und in Nürnberg aufgewachsen ist, blickt mit seiner Prosa in ... Weiterlesen

Joseph Cassara: The House of Impossible Beauties

UK/AUS 2018, 400 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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One World
New York City, 1980: nowhere is the city's glamour and energy better reflected than in the burgeoning Harlem ball scene, where 17-year-old Angel first comes into her own. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with ... Weiterlesen

Stephen Fry: Heroes. Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures

UK 2018, 478 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Penguin UK
Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. In this companion to his bestselling »Mythos,« Stephen Fry retells these dramatic, funny, tragic mostly queer and always timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See ... Weiterlesen

Giorgio Bassani: The Novel of Ferrara

Engl. by Jamie McKendrick. USA 2018, 800 pp., hardcover, € 28.95
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W. W. Norton
Now published in English for the first time, »The Novel of Ferrara« brings together Bassani's six classics: »Within the Walls«, »The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles«, »The Garden of the Finzi-Continis«, »Behind the Door«, »The Heron«, and »The Smell of Hay«. Set in Ferrara before, during, and after the Second World War, these interlocking stories present a fully rounded world of unforgettable characters: ... Weiterlesen

Patrick Gale: Take Nothing With You

UK 2019, 352 pp., pb., € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Headline
Fifty-something Eustace, a gay Londoner of leisure, realizes in the same week that he has fallen hopelessly in love with a man he has yet to meet in the flesh, and that he has cancer of the thyroid. While being given radioactive iodine therapy, which involves spending a little over 24 hours in a lead-lined hospital suite wearing only disposable ... Weiterlesen

André Aciman: Enigma Variations

USA 2019, 226 pp., pb., € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
From a youthful infatuation with a cabinet maker in a small Italian fishing village, to a passionate yet sporadic affair with a woman in New York, to an obsession with a man he meets at a tennis court, »Enigma Variations« charts one man's path through the great loves of his life. Paul's intense desires, losses and longings draw him closer, ... Weiterlesen