Like People in HistoryIn a book that could have been written only by one who lived it and survived to tell, Picano weaves a powerful saga of four decades in the lives of two men and their lovers, relatives, friends, and enemies. Tragic, comic, sexy, and romantic, filled with varied and colorful characters, Like People in History is both extraordinarily moving and supremely entertaining. Solid, cautious Roger Sansarc and flamboyant, mercurial Alistair Dodge are second cousins who become lifelong friends when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954. Their lives constantly intersect at crucial moments in their personal histories as each discovers his own unique - and uniquely gay - identity. Through the lens of their complex, tumultuous, madcap, yet enduring relationship - and their involvement with the handsome model, poet, and decorated Vietnam vet Matt Loguidice, whom they both love - Picano chronicles and celebrates gay life and subculture over the last half of the twentieth century: from the legendary 1969 gathering at Woodstock to the legendary parties at Fire Island Pines in the 1970s, from Malibu Beach in its palmiest surfer days to San Francisco during its gayest era, from the cities and jungles of South Vietnam during the war to Manhattan's Greenwich Village and Upper East Side during the present-day AIDS war. |
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Page 36
... face and deal with . Because I'm the one who's going to be around for a long , long time . " You got that ? " he emphasized with another burst of pressure , as I began to see spots in front of my face and black out . " Good ! " he said ...
... face and deal with . Because I'm the one who's going to be around for a long , long time . " You got that ? " he emphasized with another burst of pressure , as I began to see spots in front of my face and black out . " Good ! " he said ...
Page 39
... face in the mirror . " You're in love with that lit- tle schmuck , aren't you ? " " Hold still . " " I can tell . All the signs are there , ” Alistair said . " Nefertiti , gone four thousand years , could tell , " I said . “ I mean ...
... face in the mirror . " You're in love with that lit- tle schmuck , aren't you ? " " Hold still . " " I can tell . All the signs are there , ” Alistair said . " Nefertiti , gone four thousand years , could tell , " I said . “ I mean ...
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... Face it ! " His face looked as if I'd just slapped it . " The world happens to not always move to our whims , ” I went on . " And my particular area of the world does not move to your whim . Is that clear ? " " Pierluigi will hear about ...
... Face it ! " His face looked as if I'd just slapped it . " The world happens to not always move to our whims , ” I went on . " And my particular area of the world does not move to your whim . Is that clear ? " " Pierluigi will hear about ...
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