The Golden Gate a novel in verse Seth, Vikram 1952- creator author. Random House (Firm) issuing body. text novel Fiction. Novels in verse. Narrative poetry. Novels in verse. Poems-United States-20th century. nyu 1986 1986 First edition. monographic eng print 307 pages ; 25 cm 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. The world's discussed while friends are eating. -- A cache of billets-doux arrive. -- A concert generates a meeting. -- A house is warmed. Sheep come alive. -- Olives are plucked in prime condition. -- A cat reacts to competition. -- Arrests occur. A speech is made. -- Coffee is drunk, and Scrabble played. -- A quarrel is initiated. -- Vines rest in early winter light. -- The Winking Owl fills up by night. -- An old affair is renovated. -- Friends meditate on friends who've gone. The months go by; the world goes on. by Vikram Seth. 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. Also issued online. n-us-ca San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction City and town life Fiction Yuppies Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction City and town life -- Fiction Yuppies -- Fiction Novels in verse. lcsh City and town life Yuppies California San Francisco 1900-1999 fast United States New York (State) New York PR9499.3.S38 G65 1986 PS3569.E76 G65 1986 813/.54 Golden Gate Seth, Vikram, 1952- New York : Random House, ©1986 1st ed. (OCoLC)565269510 0394549740 9780394549743 0679734570 9780679734574 85008395 DLC 850416 20210610131103.0 in00004437735 eng