There is a gay character who acts as one of Charlie’s closest friends So, that aids in the ‘gayness’ of the book. Many gay men connect with Charlie within his sense of isolation in the story and other experiences that you will have to read to find out. Charlie, as you can probably tell from the title, is a loner and wallflower.
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The book is written in a series of letters from Charlie the main character that give it a sense of intimacy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Zach)
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They claimed he was in love with Holly in the movie (when he got named Paul Varjak), but queer readers know: The Narrator Without a Name was totally on our team. Does Aschenbach wish to possess with boy or what he represents? Would he ever really speak to him if he had the chance? Through our own voyeurism, we are implicated in the novel’s mysteries and Mann leaves us with no easy answers.Įxtra Credit: Read Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which likewise features a sexually ambiguous protagonist. Although it’s easy to read Mann’s work as strictly dealing with pederast desires, Death in Venice leaves it’s protagonist’s motives open to question. Death In Venice by Thomas Mann (Nico)Īll of Thomas Mann’s works are strange and somewhat maddening, but Death in Venice weaves a particular spell as a tale of obsession, an elderly author’s craving for a youth, beauty and the unattainable. I think we’ve all had that sexually ambiguous relationship with a straight guy, right?Įxtra credit: Also read Glamorama and Less Than Zero or Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, also of the Brat Pack literary era and criminally overlooked in the queer canon. Their relationship is pretty ambiguous the whole story and Ellis leaves it open to one’s own interpretation, but I think that is what has so many gay readers loving Paul. The one character many gay men find themselve connecting with is bisexual Paul Denton, who is in love with Sean Bateman, the drug dealer of the story. The novel is about a group of over-privileged liberal arts college students who like to have sex, do drugs, and get into some interesting situations. This is probably one of Ellis’ most famous works, especially for millennials. The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis (Zach) Like Catcher in the Rye and the later Perks of Being a Wallflower, the novel perfectly captures the complicated longings of adulthood, when you’re beginning to feel things you don’t understand yet. A Separate Peace is an almost-love story between Gene and Finny, two students at Devon Academy who are torn between friendship and rivalry. The fact that A Separate Peace continually gets taught in high school English courses baffles in the best possible way, as Knowles’ best-known work is one of the most homoerotic bildungsromans ever written. See Also: Berlin Stories, which was later adapted into the musical Cabaret. The book is most importantly about staying alive when the thing you love most is gone, which makes this story so beautiful both on screen and in print. The book is a day in the life of George Falconer who is going through what some may deem an “existential” crisis after suddenly losing his partner in a tragic accident. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (Zach)Ī Single Man came back to popularity in 2009 when famed designer Tom Ford made it into a film that is nothing short of beautiful. That exact sexual frankness would become a hallmark of his later writing, when he came into his own as a storyteller with works like Lincoln and Myra Breckenridge, which is one of the strangest and most indelible novels of its decade.
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The Pillar and the City is dripping with loneliness, depression and social isolation, and if it’s ending is more shocking today, it’s nothing if not brutally honest. It’s an incredibly dark and misanthropic work and a bitter pill to swallow, harrowingly depicting the costs of trying to live openly in the 1950’s. While not one of Vidal’s “best” works (to me, he’s an essayist first and a novelist second), The Pillar and the City is a must-read because of its place in the queer canon as one of the first recognized and reviewed gay novels. The City and the Pillar/ Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal (Nico’s Pick)
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This story takes place in Paris, but one doesn’t have to have been to Paris to feel a connection to Giovanni, his bedroom, and all that happens to the protagonists, David. This book is so important because it was one of the first to really show the complicated ways in which gay men had to manage their identity, self and place in a world that didn’t want them do exist. Giovanni’s Room tells the story of a man who moves to Paris and his relationship with another man named Giovanni. This was James Baldwin’s second novel, and probably one of his most well known pieces of works. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (Zach’s Pick)