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Product Description
And there's trouble in paradise: Dennis Savage is suffering midlife crisisl; his lover little Kiwi who uses sex as a weapon, threatens to tear apart the delicate fabric of this gay family of buddies, lovers, and brothers and the AIDS crisis may bring an end to this whole world.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #765248 in Books
- Published on: 1989-08-15
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: .90" h x 5.50" w x 8.50" l, .95 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 312 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The subtitle of this witty collection of stories, the conclusion of a trilogy begun with I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore and continued in Buddies , is slightly misleading: the "adventures" are really no more than a series of parties, dinners and moonlit conversations, and their world extends beyond Manhattan to Woodstock, Fire Island and London. The narrator is Bud, a middle-aged gay writer who mediates the emotional traumas of his best friend Dennis Savage, Dennis's flighty, frenetic lover Little Kiwi and Cosgrove, an unschooled, manipulative teenager whom the older men take in. With passion and wit, Mordden depicts their quest to maintain pride in the face of prejudice, and hope in the age of AIDS. Some readers will quarrel with the unduly insular portrayal of homosexuality as a world of artifice and theatricality, and with the author's assertion that "all gays are born actors, selecting the role they feel most secure in." But the finest of these stories break away from those cliches to create touching portraits of men in conflict and conciliation with an often hostile world.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The final volume of Mordden's trilogy (I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore, Buddies) is a delight. Narrator "Bud Mordden's" continuing chronicle of gay life in New York City ends on a poignant note. "Little Kiwi," the playful man-child lover of Mordden's irascible sidekick Dennis Savage, grows up; Carlo, the devastating Hunk, shows a caring side; and a neglected adolescent is taken in by Mordden's extended family of gay men and begins the long road to maturity. Mordden maintains his sharp social commentary throughout; but the pace is more subdued, the tone more philosophical, and the result more powerful as Mordden attempts to explain the complex ways in which men relate to one another as brothers, lovers, and friends. Highly recommended. Kevin M. Roddy, Oakland P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Mordden is the wittiest writer of short fiction in America, and he's also one of the most skillful, original and moving. " --City Week
"In these wonderfully cosmopolitan sketches, Mordden is the Jane Austen of Gay Manhattan, but not confined to that city; he leaps memorably beyond geography." --The Bay Area Reporter
"Ethan Mordden is a master craftsman. His style combines the satirical urbanity of Juvenal, the wit of Oscar Wilde, the intelligence and drawing room sophistication of Jane Austen. The appearance of this volume is a splendid gift to us all." --Bay Windows
