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You might want to get out the tissues for these novels! This section features gritty lifestyle dramas, heart wrenching family stories, dramatic coming out stories, historical dramas and much more.

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	All Books by Andrew Holleran - Author of : Nights in Aruba Paperback (October 1989) Unknown; ISBN: 0452263956 "Gay Dramatic Novels; This groundbreaking novel of gay life centers around Paul, an uneasy commuter between two parallel worlds. He is the dutiful son of aging, upper-middle-class parents living in Florida, and a homosexual man plunged deliriously into the world of New York City's bars, baths, and one-night stands. With wry humor and subtle lyricism, Holleran reveals the tragedy and comedy of one man's struggle to come to terms with middle age, homosexuality, truth, love, and life itself." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Pai Hsien-yung - Author of : Crystal Boys Paperback (January 1990) Gay Sunshine Press; ISBN: 0940567113 "Gay Dramatic Novels; The narrator of this vivid and compelling book about the lives of a group Taiwanese teenage hustlers is an intelligent 18 year-old boy named A-Qing, whose father kicked him out of the house when it was discovered at his school that he had been caught "in an immoral act" with the chemistry lab supervisor. His mother had abandoned her family to run away with a member of some performing troupe, only to waste away and die ignobly during the novel. His younger brother Buddy, who he loves fondly and always remembers affectionately, died from pneumonia. Like A-Qing, his friends also share similar dysfunctional family backgrounds. Little Jade, whose stepfather had also kicked him out of the house after catching him in an "immoral act" in the kitchen with a noodle man, constantly harbors "cherry blossom dreams" of going to Japan to find his true father, a Shiseido salesman who had abandoned Little Jade and his mother. Wu Min, a quiet, obedient boy who tried to commit suicide when his sugar daddy kicked him out, has to worry about his gambling father who has been in and out of jail. Mousey, known as "sticky fingers" for his petty stealing habits, lives with Raven, his violent brother, in a brothel that also serves as a gambling den to society's lowlifes. Mousey's only joy in life is his small metal treasure box containing his stolen goods of pens and other odds and ends. Though forced by circumstance to hustle their bodies to old, lewd men, they all retain youthful innocence and possess a vast capacity to love and care for each other, their families, and for unfortunates like themselves. Though forced to leave their families, they never forget their filial duties. Their world, though cruel, does not seem as vicious, dangerous, and dirty as in the Western world with its murders and drugs. It still seems benevolent with its host of generous sugar daddies. The author, a graduate of the M.F.A. program at the U. of Iowa, writes with such a firm grasp of compositional technique, descriptive ability, and characterization that the novel was a breeze to read. The book has the "legend" tone of popular Chinese sword novels, owing to the narrator's love of these stories as well the legends that are perpetuated about certain glass boys of New Park, which the narrator calls "our kingdom." Nieh-Tzu is a moving book because it vividly reveals a sordid side of Asian society rarely written about, but which is all too real. (review from a LA reader)" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Christopher Isherwood - Author of : The World in the Evening Paperback - 312 pages (1 November, 1999) University of Minnesota Press; ISBN: 0816633703 "Gay Dramatic Novels; Against the backdrop of World War II, The World in the Evening charts the emotional development of Stephen Monk, an aimless Englishman living in California. After his second marriage suddenly ends, Stephen finds himself living with a relative in a small Pennsylvania Quaker town, haunted by memories of his prewar affair with a younger man during a visit to the Canary Islands. The world traveler comes to a gradual understanding of himself and of his newly adopted homeland." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Alex Jeffers - Author of : Safe As Houses Paperback - 364 pages (February 1998) Heretic Books; ISBN: 0854492534 "Gay Dramatic Novels; Allen Pasztory, the hearing son of two deaf parents, struggles for a sense of self and family with a view to his Hungarian immigrant heritage, chronic illness, his lover Jeremy, Jeremy's son Toby, and his own nephew, Kit." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by David Leavitt - Author of : The Lost Language of Cranes Paperback - 353 pages Reprint edition (November 14, 1997) Mariner Books; ISBN: 0395877334 "Gay Dramatic Novels; The story of Philip Benjamin, a young man haunted by images of his staid, middle-class parents and frightened by the thought of revealing his homosexual identity to them." Click to buy this book in USA:
	All Books by Peter McGehee - Author of : Boys Like Us (Stonewall Inn Editions) Paperback Reprint edition (March 1992) St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 0312069138 "Gay Dramatic Novels; Zero left Arkansas for the cool, contemporary tones of gay life in Toronto. Now his best friend has been diagnosed with AIDS, and in the midst of trying to organize a support group, Zero is called home to attend his mother's second marriage. Funny and bittersweet, Zero's adventures suggest that, although God is unfathomable, she must at least have a sense of humor." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Richie McMullen - Author of : Enchanted Youth Paperback - 157 pages (31 December, 1990) Gay Men's Press; ISBN: 0854491341 "Gay Dramatic Novels; This book focuses on Richie McMullen's experiences as a young runaway rent boy in London. It is absolutely beautifully written and although disturbing at times you won't want to put it down. Thoroughly recommended as, not an easy read, but nevertheless, a beautiful and intriguing one." Click to buy this book in USA or UK:

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