Sunday, March 29, 2015

The Gallery … "a Naples street" [sic!]

BookMen may be interest in reading the excerpt from David Margolick's biography which appeared in the New York Times Magazine two years ago and began the renewed interest in John Horne Burns. (Additionally, the Bantam "Giant" cover above provides a lurid tease of the book we will be discussing in June, 1960s Gay Pulp Fiction. Extra points for anyone who can identify the passage in the book illustrated by this cover!)

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Frankly, my dear, I do give a damn!


Most of you are probably aware that former Representative Barney Frank's latest book, Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage, has just come out (pun intended). If you're curious about it, but not yet ready to plunk down your $28, Politico has just published a lengthy extract from it.