Jimmy’s Christmas Guide
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Banned in Ireland for its depiction of sexuality and queerness, and for its condemnation of the Catholic church, this novel is fearless, frank and bleakly funny.
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An authoritative celebration of the past, present and future of queer cinemaPlayfully blending personal memoir, criticism and candid new interviews with filmmakers from across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, Ryan Gilbey’s engaging and…
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The Life to Come and Other Stories demonstrates the beauty of the short form. Though the stories differ widely in setting and mood, Forster’s sharp wit and satire is ever-present.
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Dick and Reggie are ‘leather boys’: working-class London teens with an affinity for leather jackets and motorcycles who become friends through their involvement in a gang. For Dick, the money he gets from the gang’s thefts…
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This noir-ish dystopia, inspired by advances in cryogenics, explores questions of death, scientific progress and the meaning of life. For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Jacqueline Harpman.
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A Way of Love charts the charged connection between Bruce, a composed, worldly architect, and Philip, a younger man still wrestling with his identity. Their brief encounter after a concert ignites a bond that neither can forget. Set against…
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Set in rural Ireland, John McGahern's second novel is about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between…
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