| Title | : | How Long Has This Been Going On? |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.99 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679415297 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 590 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1995-04-04 |
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With dozens of characters in locations from New York to L.A., San Francisco to the heartland, this novel encompasses the entirety of the gay and lesbian experience in America since World War II. From the author of the Buddies trilogy and a regular contributor to The New Yorker.
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly According to Mordden's (I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore) sweeping panorama of gay life in the United States, "the history meter is ticking"?and what a resonant sound it makes throughout these masterfully crafted pages. Beginning in L.A. in 1949 and concluding at New York City's 1991 Gay Pride Parade (with interim stops in San Francisco, rural New Hampshire and small-town Minnesota), this singular work chronicles the emerging gay consciousness with trenchant humor, editorial observations tinged with a soupcon of cynicism and scenes of often devastating emotional impact. Mordden pulls no punches as he presents a compelling assortment of quirky characters (both male and female) who connect, disconnect and reconnect in a constantly affecting game of musical lives. Bitter and sweet, it's all here: the barely opened closets of the 1950s, the 1969 Stonewall riots, the growing prominence of San Francisco ("the great city of do-as-you-like") as a gay capital an
The coverage of these events is peppered with driver and race anecdotes though actual event coverage is kept to a minimum. This book is not the easiest read. When we meet Morgan, he is engaged to Jase but he has never really gotten over Shae, his first love. I'm chagrined that I haven't thought to look into using this book earlier, as I think it would have saved me a lot of blind stumbling in earlier work. I wish I had passed on this one.. I am pleased to have a new copy at a reasonable price.
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Dave. What I mean is, my wife and I have a few old Peruvian textiles, accumulated years ago on our very modest collecting budget. And also to recall "The Rest Of The Story" which I had to stop whatever I was doing to listen to daily! I miss him.
Jerome D. In other words, she meant it to be a story told from her own perspective about the things that she had learned, not as a biography. I was excited to read this story but I didn't really like how it turn out i know it
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