Part autobiographical, part fiction, this is a satirical and self-accusing tour of the London gay scene in what subsequently proved to be the last days before AIDS became a reality. The book takes the form of a series of dramatic monologues and dialogues involving a small cast of queens who move from one watering hole to the next in the course of a 24 hour period, descending into hell, the gay night-club Heaven.
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Part autobiographical, part fiction, this is a satirical and self-accusing tour of the London gay scene in what subsequently proved to be the last days before AIDS became a reality. The book takes the form of a series of dramatic monologues and dialogues involving a small cast of queens who move from one watering hole to the next in the course of a 24 hour period, descending into hell, the gay night-club Heaven.
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Add this copy of Queens to cart. $15.95, very good condition, Sold by West with the Night rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd.
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Add this copy of Queens to cart. $24.50, good condition, Sold by Collins Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Quartet Books.
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Add this copy of Queens [Paul Cadmus and Sylvester Orphanos Association] to cart. $907.00, like new condition, Sold by Arches Bookhouse rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Quartet Books Ltd.
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FINE in FINE jacket. A lovely copy with contemporary association between two prominent gay artists. Gifted by artist Paul Cadmus to photographer and publisher, Stathis Orphanos: 'for Stathis / a bit of nonsense, / thinking of the /start of a / friendship that / is quite the / opposite. / Paul / 17 ix 86. ' With Orphanos's pencil note specifying 'Paul Cadmus. ' [12], 3-289pp., 20 B/W line-drawing plates. 12mo, black finished cloth, gilt spine lettering. FINE in FINE dust jacket, exceedingly clean and fresh. 'A funny, and kind of mean, taxonomy, of gay types in London in the Thatcher years' offering a Dante-esque barhopping descent into Hell (a night-club named 'Heaven'). The DJ describes it as 'A combination of drama, diary, documentary and monologue, Queens is the first book to have charted the labyrinths of the metropolitan gay scene. At once acid and sympathetic, it is both an anatomy of a subculture and a virtuoso celebration. ' Pitch-perfect for some but too acid for others, the book received very mixed reviews with many angered by the use of negative stereotypes.
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