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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) booklist
Neil Bartlett - Mr Clive and Mr Page
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In 1886 an architect called Richardson built a house on the south side of Chicago. In 1985 the Daily Mirror reported the death of Rock Hudson. Halfway through the century that falls between these dates a man who claims his name is Mr Page sits down by his gas fire on a snowbound Christmas Eve and sets himself the task of explaining a story that connects these apparently unconnected events.
Sylvia Brownrigg - Pages for you
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Sylvia Brownrigg's Pages for You is the story of a sentimental, sensual education, a love affair between a student and a teacher--all blushes, kisses, books and poetry.
Michael Cunningham - A home at the end of the world
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Here are two decades of American life told through four people: Bobby and gay Jonathan, growing up together in a small town in the 1970s; Jonathan's mother Alice; and unconventional Clare, with whom the two grown-up men form a family.
David Leavitt - While England sleeps
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Set against the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe, While England sleeps tells the story of the love affair between Brian Botsford, an upper-class young writer, and Edward Phelan, an idealistic, self-educated employee of the London Underground and a member of the Communist party.
Patrick McCabe - Breakfast on Pluto
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Paddy Pussy is a juvenile transvestite from the small town of Tyreelin. A question is raised whether he is just a transvestite who longs to settle down in a loving relationship or whether he is a cunningly disguised IRA bomber ready to wreak destruction and death.
Mary Renault - The charioteer
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After surviving the Dunkirk retreat, Laurie Odell, a young homosexual, critically examines his unorthodox lifestyle and personal relationships, as he fall in love with a young conscientious objector and becomes involved with a circle of world-weary gay men.
Christopher Rice - Light before day
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Obsession, fantasy and nightmare collide in a harrowingly brilliant suspense thriller from the son of the legendary Anne Rice.
Colm Toibin - The story of the night
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Richard Garay lives alone with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from those around him. Stifled by a job he despises, he finds himself willing to take considerable risks.




