Full Description
Joyful, wild, gay stories from award winning Martin Goodman.
Meet his cast of characters:
New York designer Arnold, whose lovely life blossoms from age 7. We watch him grow famous then learn from the bumps of life.
A young priest who leaves uptight England to lose and find himself in Turkey.
Queenie, scarred from her time as a beautiful boy, meets young Tom, who loves the fact that she's a wreck.
A young Indian teacher meets an older London billionaire who's not yet out.
And the stunning finale is a gay version of Melville's classic Billy Budd, the tale of a beautiful doomed sailor.
"A ravishing collection, remarkably wide-ranging in subject, mood and tone, each story exquisitely crafted."
- Paul Russell, author of Immaculate Blue
Contents
The Lovely Life of Arnold
1
Lessons from Cruising
11
Puffins in Flight
34
Everything I Am. Arnold, Age 21
40
The Loving Room
58
My Tri-Athlete. Arnold, Age 28
68
Queenie and the Boy
75
Cupcakes at tea
85
India, by Design. Arnold, Age 35
88
When toffee-apples turn to juice
97
Letters to the Parishioners
104
Mom, In Passing. Arnold, Age 42
123
Billy Budd: Captain Vere's Account
135
