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Title: The Sexual Outlaw: A Documentary by John Rechy ISBN: 0-8021-3163-8 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: January, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Journey to the End of the Night
Comment: Like many of Rechy's books, THE SEXUAL OUTLAW is powerful, fascinating, and very depressing. The themes present in his novels are here in this non-fiction work - the power of physical beauty, narcissm, sex as liberation, unfulfilled desire, etc. Along with a narrative of one hustler's quest for validation through his sexual encounters, Rechy threads in a treatise on what it means to be homosexual in twentieth century America. Much of what he says is relevant to the twenty-first century as well, as the current battle over same-sex marriage attests.
Those looking for explicit sex will find it in abundance here. Rechy pulls no punches in his depiction of homoerotic love. Yet he is wise enough to see the sadness in the "sexhunt," and his "character" Jim, we know, will never find that elusive thing for which he searches, the combination of sexual gratification and personal intimacy. None of us will find it. We hate Jim for his narcissm and his superficiality but admire his rebel stance. He is a man-loving man not ashamed of the fact.
Rechy's accounts of police corruption concerning gay men and the hours spent nabbing "sexhunters" that could otherwise be spent apprehending murderers, rapists, and thieves are enough to make one's blood boil. And I love his comments on gay sensibility. But I find his whole stance on S&M somewhat puzzling and hypocritical. While no advocate of or participant in that particular sexual lifestyle, I fail to see the difference between the physical pain inflicted by "masters" upon "slaves" and the psychological pain engendered in the course of the sexhunt. Indeed it would seem the latter pain would be the more enduring and damaging.
This is an important book, more than twenty-five years old, but still relevant.
Rating: 5
Summary: The last days of Sodom
Comment: A masterpiece of Gay literature, broke so many taboos before its time.I remember reading this novel in the late 70s before AIDS became prevelant,when so many queers walked the backstreets and alleys not to mention bathhouses in there search for free sex and lust. This is a monumental exploration into the psyche of homosexuality and being wanted by all means .necessary. I cant wait for the movie!
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Title: City of Night by John Rechy ISBN: 0802130836 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Rushes: A Novel by John Rechy ISBN: 0802134971 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Coming of the Night by John Rechy ISBN: 0802137423 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 30 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Outlaw: John Rechy by Charles Casillo ISBN: 1555837344 Publisher: Advocate Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Numbers by John Rechy ISBN: 0802151981 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: June, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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