Billy Lee Brammer

The Gay Place (eBook, ePUB)

Being Three Related Novels

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The best novel about American politics in our time." -Willie Morris Set deep in the heart of Texas, The Gay Placeconsists of three interlocking novels- The Flea Circus, Room Enough to Caper, and Country Pleasures-each with a different protagonist. Unifying the stories is Texas governor Arthur Fenstemaker, a canny master politician modeled on Lyndon Johnson, for whom the author served as a press aide. The governor uses any means necessary to do what needs to be done, while the other characters struggle with their conflicts of marriage and family, love and lust. Originally published in 1961, The Gay Placewithstands the test of time-the themes of power, money, and family are eternally resonant. At once a political novel and a character study, Billy Lee Brammer's classic stands among the best novels about the Lone Star state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 526
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781480461031
• Artikelnr.: 41058123

Autorenporträt

Billy Lee Brammer (1929-1978) was a journalist, political operative, and author born in Dallas, Texas. He worked as a newspaperman in Corpus Christi and Austin before becoming an editor at the Texas Observer magazine. He then joined the staff of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. While working for Johnson, he wrote the three novels that make up The Gay Place. He began work on a sequel, but never completed it, dying at age forty-eight of a drug overdose.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Flea Circus
Room Enough to Caper
Country Pleasures