Synopses & Reviews
A Queer Reader is a rich and provocative collection of writings about male homosexuality—a gay version of
Bartlett’s Quotations, with authors ranging from Plato to Andy Warhol. Arranging entries chronologically and drawing on sources from the
Satyricon to
Gay News, from Michelangelo&squo;s sonnets to a speech in the House of Lords, from sexually explicit graffiti found in Pompeii to a
Playboy interview with David Bowie, Patrick Higgins uses novels, biographies, autobiographies, histories, and ephemera to present gay history as never before.
About the Author
Patrick Higgins lectures in history at New Hall, Cambridge.