"City of Night" was not the first overtly gay-themed book but it may be the most unapologetic, a searing screed of life on the edge.
I spent part of Wednesday afternoon at UCLA, on a panel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Rechy’s novel “City of Night,” newly reissued to commemorate the occasion. The book is a landmark not only of gay literature -- it tells the story of a street hustler as he moves through the shadow world of the 1950s -- but also of American literature.
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I spent part of Wednesday afternoon at UCLA, on a panel to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Rechy’s novel “City of Night,” newly reissued to commemorate the occasion. The book is a landmark not only of gay literature -- it tells the story of a street hustler as he moves through the shadow world of the 1950s -- but also of American literature.
via Books - latimes.com http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/features/books/~3/pZzzUft635E/la-et-jc-john-rechy-city-of-night-turns-50-20131024,0,4007999.story
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