Faggots
Dec 2007 · Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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"A book of major historical importance—the first contemporary novel to chronicle gay life with unsparing honesty and wild humor."—Erica Jong
In print since its original publication in 1978, Larry Kramer's Faggots has become one of the bestselling novels about gay life ever written. The book is a fierce satire of the gay ghetto and a touching story of one man's desperate search for love there, and reading it today is a fascinating look at how much, and how little, has changed.
"As a documentation of an era, as savage and savagely funny social parody, as a cry in the wilderness, and as a prescient, accurate reading of the writing on the wall, the novel is peerless and utterly necessary. It is brilliant, bellicose, contemptuous, compassionate and—as is true of everything Kramer writes—behind its delectable, entertaining, sometimes maddening harshness is a profoundly moving plea for justice and for love. There are few books in modern gay fiction, or modern fiction for that matter, that must be read. Faggots is certainly one of them."—Tony Kushner
"A Vesuvian explosion about the gay life that spares no one and no thing . . . there is much truth and honesty to be found here."— Chicago Tribune
"True comic brilliance—a vicious Swiftian satire that, like all satire, contains a strong moral voice."— New York
" Faggots, for all its excesses, is frequently right on target and, when it is on target, is appallingly funny."—Edward Albee
"Larry Kramer is one of America's most valuable troublemakers. I hope he never lowers his voice."—Susan Sontag
In print since its original publication in 1978, Larry Kramer's Faggots has become one of the bestselling novels about gay life ever written. The book is a fierce satire of the gay ghetto and a touching story of one man's desperate search for love there, and reading it today is a fascinating look at how much, and how little, has changed.
"As a documentation of an era, as savage and savagely funny social parody, as a cry in the wilderness, and as a prescient, accurate reading of the writing on the wall, the novel is peerless and utterly necessary. It is brilliant, bellicose, contemptuous, compassionate and—as is true of everything Kramer writes—behind its delectable, entertaining, sometimes maddening harshness is a profoundly moving plea for justice and for love. There are few books in modern gay fiction, or modern fiction for that matter, that must be read. Faggots is certainly one of them."—Tony Kushner
"A Vesuvian explosion about the gay life that spares no one and no thing . . . there is much truth and honesty to be found here."— Chicago Tribune
"True comic brilliance—a vicious Swiftian satire that, like all satire, contains a strong moral voice."— New York
" Faggots, for all its excesses, is frequently right on target and, when it is on target, is appallingly funny."—Edward Albee
"Larry Kramer is one of America's most valuable troublemakers. I hope he never lowers his voice."—Susan Sontag
"A book of major historical importance—the first contemporary novel to chronicle gay life with unsparing honesty and wild humor."—Erica Jong
In print since its original publication in 1978, Larry Kramer's Faggots has become one of the bestselling novels about gay life ever written. The book is ...
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Jeremy Bradshaw
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May 2, 2021
I searched for "Jordan Peterson books" and this is the first result. see, I have been following Jordan since his channel was just for his college students. he explained lion king In a way that just clicked for me. every feeling I had about the story he put into real words that I understood in real time as I he said it. this is a sensation I refuse to take for granted. Jordan earned my trust before he ever "skyrocketed to popularity". it would be impossible for some corporation with editorial powers to change my mind; and for them to attempt to do so, soo blatantly, really scares me. I've never heard this man speak a single word that I didnt believe he meant. the fact that he is being censored and algorithmically misconstrued is actually terrifying to me. I have made a point since I reached adulthood to not idolize other people, but if i did Jordan Peterson would be my absolute hero. Godspeed, Jordan. this is your sign that you are right over the target.
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Andrew Warren
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May 7, 2021
It comes up under all books you search because it’s being forced upon the masses to be conceived as the new normality. Do as you wish but stop putting it out there like it’s the new version of hitlers propaganda with all the writings and “opinions” being forced onto the masses. 🤦♂️ Today’s children get homosexuality impressed upon them from the start with every show/movie/etc today, having to force some extent of homosexuality into it, in turn forcing it upon the youths minds 🤦♂️ We live in odd flip flopped times people.
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Andrew C.
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May 12, 2021
Bro, since other people are commenting how this book shows up no matter what I’ll tell you I searched for “Timothy Rogers “ a well known literial Puritan writer of the 18th century and this came up smh come on google
About the author
Larry Kramer (1935-2020) was a writer and activist. In 1981, with five friends, he founded Gay Men's Health Crisis, and in 1987 he founded ACT UP. He is the author of The Normal Heart, which in 2014 was made into an Emmy-winning TV adaptation by HBO. His other plays include The Destiny of Me, Sissies' Scrapbook, and Just Say No, and his prose work includes The American People Volumes 1 & 2, the novel Faggots, two nonfiction books, and a screenplay, Women in Love. He was a recipient of the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Master American Dramatist, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, presented by the Tony Awards Committee.
Larry Kramer (1935-2020) was a writer and activist. In 1981, with five friends, he founded Gay Men's Health Crisis, and in 1987 he founded ACT UP. He is the author of The Normal Heart, which in 2014 was made into an Emmy-winning TV adaptation by HBO. His other plays include The Destiny of Me, Sis...
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