Categorie: queer literature
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Disbanded Kingdom
Synopsis: Twenty-two-year-old Oscar is a lost cause. He roams central London, looking for love and distraction. But this isn’t quite Bright Lights, Big City: Oscar is gay but feels disconnected from London’s gay scene. He is naive and rootless, an emotionally stunted young man who lives in upscale Kensington with his foster mother, novelist Charlotte…
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Als de nacht valt
Korte inhoud: (volgens website uitgeverij) De nieuwe spannende YA-thriller van de auteur van 54 minuten. De jongeren die opgesloten zitten in een afgelegen jeugdinrichting met de ironische naam Hope voelen zich door iedereen in de steek gelaten. Als op een dag ineens alle bewakers verdwenen zijn, besluit een kleine groep van de gelegenheid gebruik te maken…
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Ancient Blood Book 1: Ancient
Blurb: (according to the author’s website) The most ancient of beings who has roamed the earth for countless centuries is ready to take to his slumber, to isolate himself and retreat from society. His nest begged him not to go, but he knew it was time.Fate stepped in, however, because before he could reach his…
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Address Book
Synopsis (according to publisher’s website): Address Book is the new work of fiction by the Costa-shortlisted author of Skin Lane. Neil Bartlett’s cycle of stories takes us to seven very different times and situations: from a new millennium civil partnership celebration to erotic obsession in a Victorian tenement, from a council-flat bedroom at the height…
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Since I laid my burden down
Blurb (from website publisher): A riotous, hilarious, and heart-breaking cult novel about growing up black, queer, and punk. When DeShawn hears news of his uncle’s death, his riotous big-city life in San Francisco is abruptly put on hold while he travels back to his Alabama hometown for the funeral. While there, he’s hit by flashbacks…
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Things have gotten worse since we last spoke
What a weird little tale! This will resonate for a while, I’m sure! Two women get into contact via an ad on a queer chatsite, early 2000. They keep in contact via mail and Instant Messenger and some form of a bond is created between them. Is it love? Or is it a tug-and-pull-game between…
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100 Boyfriends
100 ʙᴏʏғʀɪᴇɴᴅs by Brontez Purnell Before I start, I want to set the tone by quoting the back cover of the book: I love this slut of a book! And by golly, it sure is! Slutty, sleazy, dirty, honest… in other words: gay AF! Brontez collects queer tales in this little book, contemporary but old…
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