The Golden Gate : a novel in verse /
This novel, written in sonnet form is publishing phenomenon of 1986 review in the New York Times and India Today. This is the story of a group of young people within the reach of the Golden Gate Bridge in the 1980s. The protagonist John, a successful computer executive in Silicon Valley, is lonely;...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[1986]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | This novel, written in sonnet form is publishing phenomenon of 1986 review in the New York Times and India Today. This is the story of a group of young people within the reach of the Golden Gate Bridge in the 1980s. The protagonist John, a successful computer executive in Silicon Valley, is lonely; his loyal ex-girlfriend Janet is a sculptor and drummer in the band Liquid Sheep; Liz is an attorney from a family of wine growers whom John meets as a result of an ad placed on his behalf by Janet; Liz's brother Ed is a homosexual grappling with Catholicism. Other characters include: Phil, a former nuclear engineer; Liz's cat Charlemagne; and an iguana named Schwartzenegger. Though it portrays contemporary life in California, the novel is about the universal pursuit of love. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Basbanes Collection copy is part of the Nicholas A. Basbanes Collection of Inscribed Books. The Cushing Library/Basbanes copy contains a 2 pieces of publisher's ephemera. |
| Physical Description: | 307 pages ; 25 cm Also issued online. |
| ISBN: | 0394549740 9780394549743 0679734570 9780679734574 |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York (State) -- New York. |