The Raid
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The Raid
Book Details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Literary Fiction
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9781602827530
- ISBN-10
- 1602827532
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ISBN: 1602827532
Author: Lynch, Lee
Condition: New
Before Stonewall, having a drink with friends or your girl could mean jail.In 1961, The Old Town Tavern is more than just a gay bar. Its a home to strangers who have become family. Murph, the dapper unschooled storyteller. Rockie Solomon, the gentle, generous observer. Lisa Jelane, in all her lonely dignity. Gorgeous Paul, so fragile, and his twin (straight?) sister Cissy. Deej, the angry innocent. Norman, plump and queenly lover of a college professor whos happiest in schoolmarm drag. Harry Van Epps, police officer, and old Dr. Everett, family physician. They drink, they dance, they fall in lust and in love. They dont even know who the enemy is, only that it is powerful enough to order the all-too-willing vice squad to destroy the bar and their lives.Would these women and men still have family, a job, a place to live after?The Raid?This was how it was done then, this was the gay life, and this is the resilient gay will.
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