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"A heroically imaginative account of gay metropolitan culture, an elegy and an apologia for a generation."—New York Times Book Review A fierce critical intelligence animates every page of Queer Street. Its sentences are dizzying divagations. The postwar generation of queer New York has found a sophisticated bard singing 'the elders' history' (The New York Times). James McCourt's seminal Queer Street has proven unrivaled in its ability to capture the voices of a mad, bygone era. Beginning with the influx of liberated veterans into downtown New York and barreling through four decades of crisis and triumph up to the era of the floodtide of AIDS, McCourt positions his own exhilarating experience against the whirlwind history of the era. The result is a commanding and persuasive interlocking of personal, intellectual, and social history that will be read, dissected, and honored as the masterpiece it is for decades to come. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2003; a Lambda Award finalist.
Reproduction of the original: In Queer Street by Fergus Hume
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'In Queer Street' is a mystery novel by Fergus Hume. It opens with a conversation between a potential boarder, Mr. Spruce, and the landlady of the boarding house, Mrs. Tesk. Mr. Spruce is unimpressed with the establishment, describing it as outdated and located in the working-class neighborhood of Bethnal Green. Mrs. Tesk corrects him, calling it a "boarding house" and emphasizing its name, "The Home of the Muses." The room and furnishings suggest an old-fashioned style, and Mrs. Tesk's mannerisms reinforce this impression. In contrast, Mr. Spruce is depicted as a fashionable young man with modern tastes. The novel sets the stage for a mystery to unfold within this unusual setting.