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Victor J Banis Books
Victor J. Banis was a writer often associated with the first wave of west coast gay writing. He has been called "the godfather of modern popular gay fiction" for his contributions to the genre. His writing is crucial for understanding the development of popular gay literature. His influence on subsequent authors is undeniable.
Esprit de Corps
- 328 pages
- 12 hours of reading
In stories from four different wars and four different locales, four different writers honour men who chose to serve their country. Josh Lanyon, Samantha Kane, Victor J. Banis and George Seaton look at love when lives are at their worst and men are at their best.This book is dedicated to those gay men who by not telling continue to serve our country with pride and honor. To those gay men who found the strength to tell and the courage to hold their heads high while being discharged in disgrace. To those gay men who have sacrificed their lives to maintain our freedoms while sacrificing their freedom to be heard.Till we are judged for the honor and strength of our character and not by the prejudice and weakness of others...I wish you Fair Seas, Following Winds, Safe Harbor & Silent Running.
Lola Dances
- 232 pages
- 9 hours of reading
From the bestselling author of 'Longhorns'. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic and often bawdy, Lola Dances ranges from the 1850 slums of the Bowery to the mining camps of California and Montana, to the Barbary Coast of San Francisco. Little Terry Murphy, pretty and effeminate, dreams of becoming a dancer. Raped by a drunken profligate and threatened with prison, Terry flees the Bowery and finds himself in the rugged settlement of Alder Gulch, where he stands out like a sore thumb among the camp's macho inhabitants--until the day he puts on a dress and dances for the unsuspecting miners as beautiful Lola Valdez--and wins fame, fortune and, ultimately, love.
