{"product_id":"leaving-the-gay-place-9781477320785","title":"Leaving the Gay Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe award-winning author of The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion traces the cultural upheavals of mid-century America through the life of Billy Lee Brammer, author of the classic political novel The Gay Place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is by turns a strong, clear biography (with shades of rock n roll memoir), a poetic ode to various places and people in midcentury Texas and an oral history, all of it plugging in to an increasingly turned-on, tuned-in and dropped-out Brammer. * Texas Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive and compelling account of a life lived by a unique character against the background of a tumultuous era. * Texas Monthly *\u003cbr\u003eDaugherty recounts Brammer's saga and the times in which he lived in compelling fashion, which makes \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Gay Place\u003c\/i\u003e one of this year's best nonfiction books about Texas. * Dallas Morning News *\u003cbr\u003eMr. Daugherty paints a persuasive picture of a young man as an ambitious novelist, feeling the frustration, in draft after draft, of trying to get a book exactly right. * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e[A] superbly gauged and powerfully evocative new biography. * Bookforum *\u003cbr\u003eStellar…For decades, the questions longtime devotees of \u003ci\u003eThe Gay Place\u003c\/i\u003e have asked are: Where did this one-of-a-kind masterpiece come from? And what the hell happened to its author? Daugherty's biography tells us. * The American Interest *\u003cbr\u003eDaugherty does a very good job of describing both the promise and the sheer waste of Brammer's life. * Western American Literature *\u003cbr\u003eDaugherty offers those interested in the rise and fall of American liberalism and [Lyndon] Johnson a unique and personal window into this turbulent time. * Journal of Southern History *\u003cbr\u003e[Daugherty] has produced a rigorously researched and highly readable portrait that should expand interest in [Billy Lee Brammer], no small achievement when dealing with a figure whose standing in his home state is (in true Texas fashion) both immense and shrouded in obscurity...In \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Gay Place\u003c\/i\u003e, Texas has gotten the thoughtful, flesh-and-blood account of this larger-than-life border-crosser it has long awaited. * Resources for American Literary Study *\u003cbr\u003eA captivating new biography. * Porter House Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: New Frontiers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Rural Electrification\u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Electronic Noise\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Electrical Violations\u003cbr\u003e Part Four: The Body Electric\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Great Society\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408956825943,"sku":"9781477320785","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477320785.jpg?v=1730504854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leaving-the-gay-place-9781477320785","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}