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FRANNY, THE QUEEN OF PROVINCETOWN - John Preston, 1983

Description: FRANNY, THE QUEEN OF PROVINCETOWN - John Preston, 1983 - "I had already been utterly charmed by Preston's vibrant portrait of the novella's eponymous queen and the many ways that this 'funny-looking queen with a round body that looked like an oversized avocado' manages to deeply imbricate herself into the life narratives of a number of other, often younger gay men that cross her path. With a unique combination of deadpan wit and no-holds-barred honesty, as well as a seemingly limitless capacity for empathy, Franny nudges the men to accept themselves despite a hostile society that is only slowly beginning to change in the wake of the Stonewall riots. All of these stories are conveyed in a loose, off-the-cuff style bursting with spontaneous-seeming speech intonations and endearing vernacular quirks. If Preston indeed started with didactic intentions, the end product reads less a dutiful history lesson and more akin to thumbing through snapshots that capture a particular moment and place in time with an almost documentary-like precision." - J. Ataide, Queer Modernisms> Condition: Very Good /Near New, no edge wear or tanning, negligible small scratches on front & back covers, spine square and tight. First edition (1983) second printing for UK distribution (1985). Soft cover, 96 pp. ISBN: 0 932870 31 7 > This listing is posted by an actual human, not AI. All photos/scans are of the item for sale, not stock images from the web. Condition and descriptions were written by the aforementioned human.

Price: 20 USD

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

End Time: 2024-12-25T19:35:59.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5 USD

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Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Binding: Softcover, Wraps

Place of Publication: Boston Mass.

Special Attributes: 1st Edition, second printing

Author: John Preston

Publisher: Alyson Publications

Subject: LGBTQ History

Year Printed: 1985

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