Alan Keslian

Closer than Breathing - A Light Gay Odyssey (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Closer Than Breathing" is a full length novel which, among the characters, includes gay men and lesbians leading busy lives. It tells the story of Ben, a young gay man new to the metropolis, who is confronted by a series of odd, eccentric people, including drug dealers, goths, psychics, veteran author Loyd Larcher and ageing rock musicians Rick Schwagger and Heath Prityards. Ben survives the dangers of the world of sex, drugs and rock and roll, engaging all comers with goodwill and good humour. Making use of opportunities along the way to achieve success, he ghost writes a rock star's autobiography, and finds true love with a level headed and down to earth boyfriend. Together they deal with life's distractions, enticements and challenges. Whilst the 'straight' world around them becomes ever more weird and out of control, the couple are determined to be true to themselves and each other.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alan Keslian
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780954769345
• Artikelnr.: 46961825

Autorenporträt

I was a Gay Liberation Front activist in London in the 1970s, among other things setting up West London GLF and organising gay dances attended by hundreds in Fulham Town Hall.
I have experienced and benefited from the huge change in attitudes towards Gay men and Lesbians in England and elsewhere during recent decades. During my teenage years, in the UK any sex between men was a crime, whereas now civil partnership offers a legal status on a par with marriage, and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is increasingly outlawed. This transformation has huge implications for gay relationships, and my motive in writing is to explore the impact of this new freedom and portray its effects. My first novel, Goodmans Hotel, was published in 2003. My second, a more humorous book, Closer Than Breathing - A Light Gay Odyssey - came out in 2009. I believe my readers' time is valuable, and try hard not to waste it.
I live with my partner in West London, and am a member of GALHA, the UK based Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association.