Felice Picano

This book was just too poorly written for me. The action is not well described, the characters are unappealing and it all feels quite unrealistic.

One of the best literary Gay novels I have read in this genre.
A great book.
A classic.

Flamboyant, mercurial Alistair Dodge and steadfast, cautious Roger Sansarc are second cousins who are both gay and whose lifelong friendship begins when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954. At crucial moments in their personal histories their lives intersect, and each discovers his own unique - and uniquely gay- identity.

A young professor is given the task of cataloging the works of a famous group of gay writers "the purple circle" (in real life like the violet quill group). But someone doesn't want him to do his research. And things are... not what they seem at all.

A very fun read, and informative about gay american culture.