Gossip
A Novel
Published on 28. May 2013
337 pages
978-1-4804-2456-2 (ISBN)
Description
A gripping thriller about contemporary gay politics
Ralph Eckhart, an unassuming bookstoremanager in the East Village, meets Bill O'Connor online and theyagreeto get together during Ralph's weekend visit to Washington, DC. The two start a heated, long-distance sexual relationship.ButRalph discovers that Bill is a closeted Republican journalist,whose new booktrashes liberal women in Washington-including Ralph's speechwriter friend, Nancy-and angrily breaks off the affair. When Bill is found murdered, Ralph becomes the prime suspect. This is a complex psychological and political thriller full of the sexy excitement of "sleeping with the enemy."
Ralph Eckhart, an unassuming bookstoremanager in the East Village, meets Bill O'Connor online and theyagreeto get together during Ralph's weekend visit to Washington, DC. The two start a heated, long-distance sexual relationship.ButRalph discovers that Bill is a closeted Republican journalist,whose new booktrashes liberal women in Washington-including Ralph's speechwriter friend, Nancy-and angrily breaks off the affair. When Bill is found murdered, Ralph becomes the prime suspect. This is a complex psychological and political thriller full of the sexy excitement of "sleeping with the enemy."
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Christopher Bram is the author of nine novels, including
Father of Frankenstein, which was made into the Academy Award-winning movie
Gods and Monsters, starring Ian McKellen. Bram grew up outside of Norfolk,Virginia, where he was a paperboy and an Eagle Scout. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1974 and moved to New York City in 1978. In addition to
Father of Frankenstein, he has written numerous articles and essays. His most recent book,
Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America, is a literary history.Bram was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2001, and in 2003, he received Publishing Triangle's Bill WhiteheadAward for Lifetime Achievement. He lives in Greenwich Village and teaches at New York University.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
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- Author's Note
- A Biography of Christopher Bram
- Copyright
