The Folding Star: A Novel23 reviews Alan Hollinghurst Bloomsbury USA, 2005 An Sprawling and Admirable Epic + Close to perfect + Good, but doesn't quite live up to all of its' ambitions... + A love's merging of language and lust             Swimming-pool Library23 reviews Alan Hollinghurst Vintage, 2006 Stellar debut...in spite of flaws + Reminiscent of Evelyn Waugh + An enlightening read about gay life The Swimming-Pool Library is British author Alan Hollinghurt's first novel. He has achieved more fame this year due to his winning the Booker. I very much like Hollinghurst's prose style...it's very elegant, yet still passionate. There is also a rawness to the experiences Hollinghurst describes. ...             All American Boy15 reviews William J. Mann, 2005 A dark and tragic departure for Mann + All American Boy, an all-American family What a change of pace this novel is from his circuit part boys shennanigans. This is a much more complex, dark and heartbreaking tale of a family - mostly mother and son - coming to terms with their demons and their mistakes in life. The mother's story and background unfolds as the main character ...             Daddy's Little Boy10 reviews Alan Holloway Lulu.com, 2006 shocking + Riding in my mind still..... + Amazing!!! + cathy's review             The Dandelion Clock7 reviews Jay Mandal Bewrite Books, 2008 Sweet simple love story is a must read! + True Love Takes Work + Great read.... David is a 28 year old Brit with a good job, living in the house of his parents while they travel for his father's business. Commuting home one day, he misses his train and meets Rob, who says he is 19 and a runaway. David is fascinated by the young man in many ways, and, very unlike his normally ...             The Beauty of Men: A Novel31 reviews Andrew Holleran Plume, 1997 The Beauty of Feelings + Beautiful Pathos! Eloquent! Sad! + Bleak but beautifully written look at "one" gay man's life. + After the Dance... + The Beauty of Life             Deviations: Submission (Deviations)8 reviews Chris Owen Torquere Press, 2008 Hot BDSM Romance + Deviations + Loved all 4 books! + a novel filled with romance, sparkling sex, & a little pain + Excellent Series             Glove Puppet16 reviews Neal Drinnan Penguin Books Ltd, 2002 Provocative and compelling. + Compelling, Poignant,Sad + Gay Literature meets porn + Wonderful + everyone seems to enjoy this book             Unnatural Relations3 reviews Mike Seabrook Gay Men's Press, 1989 A Masterpiece + where love is concerned the law is an ass + Extremely powerful & a Must for all gay fiction readers! This was the first book that I have read by Mike Seabrook, and it wont be the last. Seabrook writes an epic story of two young lovers caught in a web of outdated laws. While from differing backgrounds, the two find a common bond in one another, discovering the importance of love, and how to ...             What Love Means to You People23 reviews NancyKay Shapiro Thomas Dunne Books, 2006 A great love vs a "great lie" + Broken lives, broken hearts, broken people...become a phoenix rising + Absolutely Superb This is a bittersweet and genuinely moving novel which juxtaposes the exalted power of a great love against the awful power of a great lie. The reader, knowing the back story of Seth's lie (which - to us AND in context - was really more closely akin to a "tall tale"), may feel that Jim's initial ...             Catching a Second Wind7 reviews Sean Michael Torquere Press, 2008 Touching, Poignant story of unexpected love... You never know what kind of a story Sean Michael will give us - raunchy, romantic, bdsm, paranormal. Sean gave us a tender story of an unexpected love that develops between a man who has lost his partner of 16years and the therapist who is trying to help him overcome his latent grief. Sean shows ...             Bruiser (A Five Star Title)14 reviews Richard House Serpent's Tail, 2002 Bruiser Is A Pleaser + Complexities of gay relationships "Bruiser" is the sort of book I usually hate but it was so well done I liked it in spite of myself. It is a love story, but very low key, told in that sort of flatfooted tone that some critics call "K-Mart realism." It concerns a British importer living in Chicago who meets a young amateur ...             The Romanian: Story of an Obsession10 reviews Bruce Benderson Tarcher, 2006 The politics of an Obsession + Obsessive Love...Is it Love or Lust? + An Intellectual Triumph + Self indulgant at times, yet kept me on board + A smart director would snatch up the rights             Bad Case of Loving You12 reviews Laney Cairo Torquere Press, 2008 A tour de force + A very nice, engaging story + Doctor, doctor, give me the news ... + 4 starts out of 5 + Hot, hot, hot!             A Bit of Rough27 reviews Laura Baumbach MLR Press, 2007 A Bit Of Rough + A Hell of a 'Rough" Ride + Wonderful reading! + Whew!             The Blood of Kings: A Novel8 reviews John Michael Curlovich Alyson Books, 2004 Two Cons + Not your average vampire story! + More then just a Gay vampire novel + Fantastic Book...Egypt meets Pittsburgh Vampires! + Original and interesting story, worth a look             Avoidance: A Novel16 reviews Michael Lowenthal Graywolf Press, 2002 Outside laws v. inner laws + So much to consider about choices.. + A Void of Morals Absolutely outstanding. This novel is a work of brilliance on so many levels: unique, effortless prose without pretension; three-dimensional characters who deftly creep inside your mind; a beautifully constructed, poignant tale that is tense, powerful and thought-provoking. The sort of novel that ...             Man on the Beach1 review Roland Curram Matador, 2004 Three Degrees of Separation A young pregnant woman conspires with her sister and perpetrate a lie and a deception that comes back to haunt them and many others 30 years later. A beautiful, young international male model/ gay hustler who is holidaying on a nude beach in Gran Canaria; meets and experiences a brief attraction ...             An Agreement Among Gentlemen7 reviews Chris Owen Torquere Press, 2008 An Agreement Among Gentlemen + unfinished + AN AGREEMENT AMONG GENTLEMEN by Chris Owen + I loved this book + ENGLISH SADDLE vs WESTERN SADDLE..........which is best?             The Millionaire of Love2 reviews David Leddick Southern Tier Editions, 2005 Choppy account of one-sided May-December gay romance Nevis is a sophisticated 50-something year old gay advertising executive based in France, who develops a romantic obsession about Radomir, a 22-year old American drifter who comes into his life. He hires the younger man to renovate his country house, giving him the financial resources to stay in ...