Hold Tight
A Novel
Published on 28. May 2013
280 pages
978-1-4804-2454-8 (ISBN)
Description
During World War II, a gay navy sailor works undercover to catch Nazi spies, in this "fast-moving" novel from the author of
Gods and Monsters (
Publishers Weekly).
During shore leave in New York, Seaman Second Class Hank Fayette, a Texas country boy in the big city, finds himself visiting a gay brothel, where he is swiftly arrested during a raid. Facing the prospect of a dishonorable discharge-or worse-he is given another option: Return to the brothel, near Manhattan's West Side piers, and work undercover as a prostitute.
Nazi agents are rumored to haunt the area, and Hank is a perfect lure to trap them. This military man is about to risk his life for his country in a way he never expected in "a spy thriller that breaks new ground" from the author of Eminent Outlaws and The Notorious Dr. August ( Kirkus Reviews).
During shore leave in New York, Seaman Second Class Hank Fayette, a Texas country boy in the big city, finds himself visiting a gay brothel, where he is swiftly arrested during a raid. Facing the prospect of a dishonorable discharge-or worse-he is given another option: Return to the brothel, near Manhattan's West Side piers, and work undercover as a prostitute.
Nazi agents are rumored to haunt the area, and Hank is a perfect lure to trap them. This military man is about to risk his life for his country in a way he never expected in "a spy thriller that breaks new ground" from the author of Eminent Outlaws and The Notorious Dr. August ( Kirkus Reviews).
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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
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- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- A Biography of Christopher Bram
- Copyright
