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City of night

From the Publisher: When John Rechy's explosive first novel, City of Night, was first published in 1963, it became a national bestseller and ushered in a new era of gay fiction. Bold and inventive in his account of the urban underworld of male prostitution, Rechy is equally unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "Youngman" and his restless search for self-knowledge. As the narrator careens from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter, we get an unforgettable look at a neon-lit life on the edge. Said James Baldwin of the author, "Rechy is the most arresting young writer I've read in a very long time. His tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own; and he has the kind of discipline which allows him a rare and beautiful reckless."

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  • "From the Publisher: When John Rechy's explosive first novel, City of Night, was first published in 1963, it became a national bestseller and ushered in a new era of gay fiction. Bold and inventive in his account of the urban underworld of male prostitution, Rechy is equally unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "Youngman" and his restless search for self-knowledge. As the narrator careens from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter, we get an unforgettable look at a neon-lit life on the edge. Said James Baldwin of the author, "Rechy is the most arresting young writer I've read in a very long time. His tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own; and he has the kind of discipline which allows him a rare and beautiful reckless.""@en
  • "From the Publisher: When John Rechy's explosive first novel, City of Night, was first published in 1963, it became a national bestseller and ushered in a new era of gay fiction. Bold and inventive in his account of the urban underworld of male prostitution, Rechy is equally unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "Youngman" and his restless search for self-knowledge. As the narrator careens from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter, we get an unforgettable look at a neon-lit life on the edge. Said James Baldwin of the author, "Rechy is the most arresting young writer I've read in a very long time. His tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own; and he has the kind of discipline which allows him a rare and beautiful reckless.""
  • "When John Rechy's explosive first novel, City of Night, was first published in 1963, it became a national bestseller and ushered in a new era of gay fiction. Bold and inventive in his account of the urban underworld of male prostitution, Rechy is equally unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "Youngman" and his restless search for self-knowledge. As the narrator careens from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter, we get an unforgettable look at a neon-lit life on the edge. Said James Baldwin of the author, "Rechy is the most arresting young writer I've read in a very long time. His tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own; and he has the kind of discipline which allows him a rare and beautiful reckless.""
  • "An innovative description of the urban underworld of male prostitution. Rechy portrays a nameless narrator as he travels through several US cities, meeting a collection of unforgettable characters, from drag queens and criminals to the bedridden Professor and Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with brutal candour and understanding but without sentimentality or self-pity, in a prose that is highly personal, vivid and boldly descriptive."@en
  • "When John Rechy's explosive first novel appeared in 1963, it marked a radical departure in fiction, and gave voice to a subculture that had never before been revealed with such acuity. It earned comparisons to Genet and Kerouac, even as Rechy was personally attacked by scandalized reviewers. Nevertheless, the book became an international bestseller, and fifty years later, it has become a classic. Bold and inventive in style, Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling "youngman" and his search for self-knowledge within the neon-lit world of hustlers, drag queens, and the denizens of their world, as he moves from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter. Now including never-seen original marked galley pages and an interview with the author, Rechy's portrait of the edges of America has lost none of its power to move and exhilarate."@en
  • "De wederwaardigheden van enkele mannelijke prostituees en travestieten in de homoseksuele subcultuur van New York, Los Angeles en New Orleans in de jaren zestig."

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  • "Translations"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Erotic fiction"@en
  • "Gay fiction"@en
  • "Gay fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"

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  • "Mørkets by : (Overs. efter den amerikanske orig. udg. City of night af Georgjedde)"@da
  • "Città di notte"@it
  • "Città di notte"
  • "Město noci"
  • "City of night"@en
  • "City of night"
  • "City of night : (5. print.)"
  • "Kaupunkien yössä"
  • "Kaupunkien yössä"@fi
  • "Città della notte"@it
  • "Città della notte"
  • "Nacht in der Stadt"
  • "Mørkets by"@da
  • "De stad behoort de nacht"
  • "City of Night"@en
  • "City of Night"
  • "Cite de la Nuit"
  • "Nacht in der Stadt Roman"
  • "Cité de la nuit"
  • "La ciudad de la noche"
  • "La ciudad de la noche"@es
  • "Nacht in der Stadt : roman"
  • "City of the night"
  • "Nacht in der Stadt : [Roman]"
  • "Cité de la nuit / préf. inédite de l'auteur trad. ... ; par François Laurent"
  • "Nacht in der Stadt : Roman"
  • "CITE DE LA NUIT"

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