In the City of Shy Hunters
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802138985 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Shy, afflicted with a stutter, and struggling with his sexuality, Will Parker comes to New York to escape the provincial western towns where he grew up. But even as he is falling in love with Rose and growing into himself, Will must watch as AIDS escalates from a rumor into a devastating tragedy. He also begins an unforgettable love affair with a volatile, six-foot-five African-American drag queen and performance artist named Rose. In New York, he finds himself surrounded for the first time by people who understand and celebrate his quirks and flaws. Tom Spanbauer is one of the most enchanting writers in America today, and In the City of Shy Hunters, his first novel in ten years, is a "rich and colorful" portrait of New York in the 1980s, told with "raw power" (David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicl
"A vibrant story - full of life and death" according to Kimberley Mitchell. We are introduced to Will Parker, boy from Idaho, as he journeys to the Wolf Swamp (Manhattan) in search of a lost love.During the course of the novel, he learns that it is his task, metaphorically speaking, to "Slay the monster, and rescue the maiden." I like the uncertainty at the end of the book whether he has been able to accomplish either of those goals, because it makes the point that reality isn't as neat as the stories we tell about it. We can create the stories, but the reality itself is more chaotic and never fully explainable.On another. "Just Perfect" according to Stephen McLeod. To paraphrase William Parker, the narrator of this amazing new novel, You're going this way, something happens, then you're going that way.If you haven't read *The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon*, then you're in for an extra treat because you can now read two wonderful novels. Reading *In the City of Shy Hunters* over the last week has been a beautiful, joyous, heartbreaking experience. Unless you are a really tiny-hearted person, you will probably fall in love with this book, just as the book's narrator, Will Parker, "William of Heaven", tell. "The moment that after you're different" A. Hickman The "shy hunters" of the title in Tom Spanbauer's most recent novel are apparently those reluctant heroes among us who, once pushed to the fore, are capable of great feats of, if not heroism, then at least of affirmation. One such "hero," is Will Parker, who comes to New York from Idaho in 1983 in search of his friend, lover, and blood-brother, Charlie 2 Moons, whom he once betrayed in a moment of cowardice that has haunted him for two decades. He is destined to spend six years in New York, at a time of crisis that demands sacrifice, not just from
This is a big, brazen, histrionic work of fiction, one that pays respectable, if unsentimental, homage to a devastating period in gay history. But while dramatic temperaments and sequined wardrobes are being sorted out, AIDS, gay fiction's great leveler, has already begun claiming victims. The book's striking turquoise cover art and Spanbauer's name in red will attract readers' attention, as will a 14-city author tour.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. However, the overstuffed plot crammed with a swirling pageant of madcap characters (even a dance-floor cameo by Elizabeth Taylor) and a brewing imbroglio concerning squatters rights may exhaust readers before the epic tome reaches maxi