The city and the pillar
Vidal, Gore, 1925-20122025
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In their teens Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy. Jim will spend later years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it explodes with violence and pain. A literary cause célèbre when first published, Gore Vidal's 'The City and the Pillar' stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience.
Main title:
The city and the pillar / Gore Vidal ; introduction by Jay Parini.
Author:
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2025.
Collation:
192 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Dutton, 1948.
ISBN:
9780349147123 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54
LC class:
PS3543.I26
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
4255101
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