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Pretty boy dead : a novel / Joseph Hansen.

LIBRA PS3558.A513 P7 1984
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hansen, Joseph, 1923-2004, author.
Contributor:
Hansen, Joseph, 1923-2004.
Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Standardized Title:
Known homosexual
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gay men--Fiction.
Gay men.
Genre:
Gay fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Physical Description:
203 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
1st edition in revised format under original title.
Place of Publication:
San Francisco : Gay Sunshine Press, [1984]
Summary:
"Scorned by his family, defeated by society, no matter how hard Steve tried it seemed as if everything he did was wrong. His marriage had gone sour, his hopes as a playwright upset; his lover had seduced his wife and betrayed him. Confused and friendless, Steve turned to pretty boy Coy Randol for love and comfort. But then Coy was found brutally murdered-there was only one person the police supstected: Steve"--Back cover
Notes:
"...Published originally in 1968 by Brandon House... under the title Known Homosexual. It was re-issued in 1977 by Major Books... under the title Stranger to Himself"--Title page verso.
Originally published in 1968 under the author's pseudonym, James Colton.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
ISBN:
0917342488
9780917342486
OCLC:
11030292

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