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Title: One of Rechy's Best
Review: The Coming of the Night is one of Rechy's best books to follow City of Night and Numbers. The writing is imaginative, and loaded with fantastic descriptions of the nonverbal aspects of communication, really capturing the emotional nuances of conversation. The complexity of the sexually complicated characters is developed in short recurring vignettes in a masterful use of suspense. Some of the archetypical characters types that reappear in various novels by Rechy are present, with believable life circumstances. Various recognizable gay male identities are portrayed, the men vulnerable in their humanity. The story's tension builds precipitously, resulting in a profound climx foreshadowing the historical events that follow in the next few decades.
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