Sucking feijoas /
"George thinks he's macho-- until he is seduced by an American serviceman. Neddy, the son of Lebanese migrants, marries a peasant girl in an attempt to overcome his attraction to men. Garth, a working-class Catholic boy, escapes to Mexico but eventually returns to reveal a painful secret....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Gay Men's Press,
2001.
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| Edition: | Revised and expanded edition. |
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| Summary: | "George thinks he's macho-- until he is seduced by an American serviceman. Neddy, the son of Lebanese migrants, marries a peasant girl in an attempt to overcome his attraction to men. Garth, a working-class Catholic boy, escapes to Mexico but eventually returns to reveal a painful secret. This ... novel charts half a century in the lives of three gay men in New Zealand-- and the suffering that comes from leading a double life"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Item Description: | Previous edition: North Shore City, N.Z. : Tandem Press, 1998. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 295 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 1902852303 9781902852300 |