Myra Breckinridge
By: Gore Vidal
3.57
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Determined to reinvent himself and explore new territory in his work, Gore Vidal published a provoc…
Want to Read $ 11.99"That my plans have lately gone somewhat awry is the sort of risk one must take if life is to be superb."-Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
"That my plans have lately gone somewhat awry is the sort of risk one must take if life is to be superb."-Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
"Not only are the male students drawn to violence (at second hand), they are also quite totalitarian-minded, even for Americans, and I am convinced that any attractive television personality who wanted to become our dictator would have their full support."-Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
"Not only are the male students drawn to violence (at second hand), they are also quite totalitarian-minded, even for Americans, and I am convinced that any attractive television personality who wanted to become our dictator would have their full support."-Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
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1. The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
By: Muriel Spark
3.65
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—i… read more
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"it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls."-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
"- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and perfect deportment all contribute to the attainment …"-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
2. The Driver's Seat
By: John Lanchester , Muriel Spark
3.61
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0141188340 Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking.… read more
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"Sonra bu kumaş leke de tutmaz "diyor tezgahtar kız."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
"It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up."-John Lanchester, The Driver's Seat
3. The Spire
By: William Golding
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. His mas… read more
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4. The Europeans
By: Henry James , Tony Tanner , Patricia Crick
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eugenia, the daughter of American expatriates, is the morganatic wife of a German prince, who is be… read more
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- american
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5. Closer
By: Dennis Cooper
3.72
Format: 395 pages, Paperback
Like Jean Genet and William Burroughs, Dennis Cooper assaults the senses as he engages the mind wit… read more
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- gay
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6. Stand on Zanzibar
By: John Brunner
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Norman Niblock House is a rising executive at General Technics, one of a few all-powerful corporati… read more
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7. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
By: Lenny Bruce , Eric Bogosian
3.70
Format: None pages,
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- humor
8. The Loved One
By: Evelyn Waugh
3.76
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Following the death of a friend, British poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself enter… read more
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"Who asked you to the funeral anyway? Were you acquainted with the late parrot?"-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"Dennis hesitated with his fingers on the handle and was aware of communication with another hand beyond the panels. Thus in a hundred novels had loves stood."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
"What is a "canty day", Dennis?' 'I've never troubled to ask. Something like hogmanay, I expect.' 'What is that?' 'People being sick on the pavement in Glasgow.' 'Oh."-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
9. City of Night
By: John Rechy
3.85
Format: 128 pages,
When John Rechy's explosive first novel, City of Night, was first published in 1963, it became a na… read more
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10. Myra Breckinridge
By: Gore Vidal
3.57
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
Determined to reinvent himself and explore new territory in his work, Gore Vidal published a provoc… read more
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- humor
- fiction
- 20th century
- novels
- queer
"That my plans have lately gone somewhat awry is the sort of risk one must take if life is to be superb."-Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
"Not only are the male students drawn to violence (at second hand), they are also quite totalitarian-minded, even for Americans, and I am convinced that any attractive television personality who wante…"-Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
"I am Myra Breckinridge whom no man will ever possess. Clad only in garter belt and one dress shield, I held off the entire elite of the Trobriand Islanders, a race who possess no words for "why" or "…"-Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge
11. Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
By: John Cleland
2.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Fanny Hill, also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, has been a notorious novel since it first… read more
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12. Lies, Inc.
By: Philip K. Dick
3.98
Format: 240 pages,
A masterwork by Philip K. Dick, this is the final, expanded version of the novella The Unteleported… read more
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13. Dancer from the Dance
By: Andrew Holleran
3.84
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic r… read more
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15. Mumbo Jumbo
By: Ishmael Reed
4.25
Format: 131 pages,
The Classic Freewheeling Look at Race Relations Through the Ages Mumbo Jumbois Ishmael Reed's brill… read more
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16. The Day of the Locust
By: Nathanael West , Alfred Kazin
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The Day of the Locustis a novel about Hollywood and its corrupting touch, about the American dream … read more
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17. Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance
By: John Waters
3.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, and family dysfunction from the brilliantly twisted mind o… read more
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18. Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
By: Cynthia Carr
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol su… read more
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19. We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
By: Lou Sullivan
4.76
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
Drawn from Lou Sullivan’s meticulously kept journals, this landmark book records the life of arguab… read more
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"I don't even know if there was anyone that's ever felt as I do.. how they coped, what they did...how do I find out what someone like me does?"-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"A big fear of mine is that I will die before the gender professionals acknowledge that someone like me exists, and then I really won't exist to prove them wrong."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"In a lot of ways I think the problem is I spend too much time seeing myself though other people's eyes and not really being in my body and enjoying myself and relaxing in my image."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
"I finally said, "Let's put it this way: I'd rather lose you than stop my shots.""You mean that chemical is more important to you than I am?""No, I am more important to me than you are."-Lou Sullivan, We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan
20. Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse
By: Brontez Purnell
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
"This book is brutal and brutally honest, but still perversely addictive because Brontez Purnell is… read more
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21. The Male Gazed
By: Manuel Betancourt
3.52
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Featuring deep dives into thirst traps, drag queens, Antonio Banderas, and telenovelas—all in the s… read more
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