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Jon Raymond: IMG War Stories

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So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the... Continue »
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On a midsummer weekend, in a country house in upstate New York, three friends gather on the anniversary of the death of a man related to them all by blood or love. Their idyll is disturbed by the presence of two outsiders: a faux Italian dinner guest and a young gay man now involved with the dead man's lover. As the weekend unfolds, with its walks in the woods, its swims in the river, its wine sipped by moonlight, and its sparkling conversation, each character's heart and soul is stripped bare, as old memories and new desires create a chemistry that will leave none of them untouched or unchanged.

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"This brief novel confirms what readers...have long suspected: Cameron is one of our very best writers." Library Journal

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On a midsummer weekend, in a country house in upstate New York, three friends, Lyle, Marian, and John, gather on the anniversary of the death of John's brother, who was also Lyle's lover. As Tony's absence haunts each of them in different ways, the reunion is complicated by the presence of Lyle's new lover, a much younger man named Robert, and a faux-Italian dinner guest with a penchant for truth telling. As the seemingly idyllic weekend proceeds, each character is stripped bare, and old memories and new desires create a chemistry that will transform them all.

 

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Cameron works for the Lambda defense and education fund.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374287399
Subtitle:
A Novel
Publisher:
Picador
Author:
Cameron, Peter
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
New york (state)
Subject:
Gay men
Subject:
New York
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
New York (State) Fiction.
Subject:
Friendship -- New York (State) -- Fiction.
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Gay
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
8
Publication Date:
20090331
Binding:
Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.28 x 5.51 x 0.56 in
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Product details 208 pages Farrar Straus Giroux - English 9780374287399 Reviews:
"Review" by , "This brief novel confirms what readers...have long suspected: Cameron is one of our very best writers."
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On a midsummer weekend, in a country house in upstate New York, three friends, Lyle, Marian, and John, gather on the anniversary of the death of John's brother, who was also Lyle's lover. As Tony's absence haunts each of them in different ways, the reunion is complicated by the presence of Lyle's new lover, a much younger man named Robert, and a faux-Italian dinner guest with a penchant for truth telling. As the seemingly idyllic weekend proceeds, each character is stripped bare, and old memories and new desires create a chemistry that will transform them all.

 
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