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| The Palace of Varieties | 
 enlarge | Author: James Lear
Publisher: CLEIS PRESS
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 20466
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 280
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 157344314X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781573443142
Publication Date: April 3, 2008
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Sleazy, sexy and highly entertaining... November 18, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is the book I wish I'd written myself. It's sleazy and highly explicit; not for the faint-hearted. But it summons up brilliantly the atmosphere of the Halls and of the queer subculture of the thirties, (not that I remember!)
Paul Lemoyne is a pretty unpleasant character, but like his few real friends, you can't quite abandon him, and despite yourself, you care what happens to him. I suppose the fact that he knows he's behaving badly is a considerable redeeming feature. The end suggests that this may be the first of a series -- I would guess a trilogy -- a prospect which makes me very happy.
The book is written in spare prose and with a lightness of touch which makes it a pleasure to read.
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