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Title: page-turning, yet somehow beyond stereotypical
Review: I was unable to escape the intensity of this story, and like several other reviewers, was unable to put this novel down. There are grains of truth found in every stereotype, and while I am ambivalent toward the so called "Fire Island School" of fiction (Picano, Mordden, Holleran) I couldn't help but be drawn in by this tragic tale of lost love and the sometimes desperate search for communion with others. This tale goes beyond the stereotype of the beautiful gay man trying to find himself amidst a whirling backgroud of casual sex, discos, bathhouses, etc. The cosmopolitanism found in the stories of Ethan Mordden (for instance) has taken a backseat in this more timely, up-to-date tale
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