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Originally published in Europe in the 1950s to avoid prosecution for obscenity, The Gaudy Image is one of the most important "lost" gay novels. Set in New Orleans and featuring a colorful cast of louche but lovable characters, the story follows Titania aka Thomas Schwartz through the backstreets, bars and club of the French Quarter in search of the perfect lover--the Gaudy Image. This beautifully written story is both elegant and caustically humorous, erotic and sympathetic.

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'Internationally recognized as a socially important work of gay literature' Roger Austen. 'Among the best gay novels of the fifties' Samuel R Delaney. 'A lovely piece of publishing' The Bookseller

The Gaudy Image

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    A Paperback / softback by William Talsman, Jonathan Kemp

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      Publisher: Muswell Press
      Publication Date: 25/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9781916129238, 978-1916129238
      ISBN10: 1916129234
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      Contemporary Fiction Erotic Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originally published in Europe in the 1950s to avoid prosecution for obscenity, The Gaudy Image is one of the most important "lost" gay novels. Set in New Orleans and featuring a colorful cast of louche but lovable characters, the story follows Titania aka Thomas Schwartz through the backstreets, bars and club of the French Quarter in search of the perfect lover--the Gaudy Image. This beautifully written story is both elegant and caustically humorous, erotic and sympathetic.

      Trade Review
      'Internationally recognized as a socially important work of gay literature' Roger Austen. 'Among the best gay novels of the fifties' Samuel R Delaney. 'A lovely piece of publishing' The Bookseller

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