Bram's novels delve into complex themes, renowned for their rich style and profound insights into the human psyche. His work often explores the lives of artists and creators, immersing readers in their internal struggles and creative processes. With a keen eye for detail and an understanding of human nature, Bram crafts characters who are both vulnerable and resilient. His writing is celebrated for its intelligence and emotional resonance.
Set against the backdrop of the Civil War to the early 1920s, the narrative follows Augustus Fitzwilliam Boyd, a clairvoyant pianist entangled in a complex love triangle involving a former slave and a white governess. As he navigates his unique abilities to communicate with spirits, the story explores themes of love, identity, and the impact of history on personal lives. Christopher Bram showcases his literary prowess in this ambitious historical novel, weaving a rich tapestry of character and emotion.
Ralph Eckhart meets "Thersites" on the Internet. The manager of a Greenwich Village bookstore and politically to the left, Ralph agrees to an F2F (face-to-face) meeting with Thersites in Washington, D.C., where his friend Nancy writes speeches for a popular woman senator. With his penchant for Shakespearean drama, Ralph should have seen the elements gathering for tragedy...or farce. Thersites proves to be a young, attractive, and enthusiastic lover. He is also Republican, in the closet, right-wing, and the author of a tell-all book that spreads gossip about several Washington women, including a footnote about a lesbian affair between a speechwriter and a "happily married" senator. In a town where rumors can kill a career, such words may be fatal. And despite his passion, Ralph is disturbed by his new lover's politics...and then stunned at being charged with his murder. Christopher Bram joins dark satire with chilling suspense as Ralph is arrested for first-degree homicide and becomes a "cause" in the gay community.
Ein Jahr nach dem Tod des Filmemachers Angel Clare finden seine Freunde endlich das Gleichgewicht zwischen Trauer, Verdrängung und Weiterleben.--Back cover
The new novel by the bestselling author of Hold Tight, this brilliant comedy of manners set among a group of Manhattan sophisticates depicts the friends of a dead filmmaker trying to put their lives back together--a task made more arduous by the young boyfriend he left behind.
“Nazi intrigue in a homosexual brothel . . . a spy thriller that breaks new ground.”— Kirkus Reviews Hank Fayette, Seaman Second Class, had enlisted in his Texas hometown, used his shore leave to visit a movie house on 42nd Street, and ended up in a gay brothel near Manhattan’s West piers. It was the wrong place to be at the wrong time. When this big, lanky blond with a country boy’s drawl—and a country boy’s hard muscular body—couldn’t fight his way clear of the Shore Patrol who raided the place, he figured he was on his way to the brig or a dishonorable discharge. But in 1942, a few months after Pearl Harbor, the Navy was more interested in capturing spies than in punishing “sex offenders,” and Hank was just the kind of sailor they had in mind. Their offer to Hank was simple: go back to the brothel, work undercover as a prostitute, and risk your life to entrap Nazi spies. This erotic, suspenseful novel captures the big-band feel of New York City in the forties, the intensity of a nation at war, and the passion of men for their country—and for each other. “Entertaining, sexy, and touching . . .”—Stephen McCauley “Strong, action-filled . . . a tightly knit plot . . . a very engaging story about murder and intrigue that is hard to put down.”— Lambda Rising Book Report
