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Faggots

Name: Faggots
ISBN: 9780802136916

Larry Kramer, Reynolds Price

Grove/Atlantic · Paperback · June 11, 2000

Reading lane: Queer Literary Criticism

Graphically sexual and one of the best-selling gay novels of all time, Faggots is the story of Fred Lemish, who at thirty-nine has built up his body into a fatless state of being in Great Shape.

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Sharp Edges

An unsparing, category-bending read with room for both immersion and interpretation.

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queer literary provocation
performance-ready bite

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friction, not polish
love under pressure

Book Details

Authors: Larry Kramer, Reynolds Price
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Published: June 11, 2000
Format: Paperback
Theme: Queer Literary Criticism · Gay Romance
Reading lane: Queer Literary Criticism

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Literary Fiction
Gay Romance
LGBTQ+ Fiction

About This Book

Graphically sexual and one of the best-selling gay novels of all time, Faggots is the story of Fred Lemish, who at thirty-nine has built up his body into a fatless state of being in Great Shape. Finally he is ready to find Mr. Right. But from the Everhard Baths, to the Pines on Fire Island, to that place of myth and legend, The Meat Rack, Lemish is looking for his dream lover in all the wrong places. Faggots is a fierce satire of the gay ghetto and a touching story of one ma...

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