Eighty-Sixed
In 1980, B. J. Rosenthal's only mission is to find himself a boyfriend and avoid setbacks like bad haircuts, bad sex, and Jewish guilt. In post-AIDS 1986, B.J.'s world has changed dramatically his friends and lovers are getting sick, everyone is at risk, and B.J. is panicking. Parrying high-wire wit against unbearable human tragedy, Eighty-Sixed now stands as a testament to an era. "If Woody Allen were gay and wrote novels, he'd produce something like David Feinberg's Eighty-Sixed." David Streitfeld, The Washington Post Book World "[Feinberg] has given us a painful story of one man coming of age in a terrifying age." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "Entertaining, harrowing, and powerfully unsensational." Booklist "[Eighty-Sixed] stands out for its frankness, ferocious wit, and total lack of sentimentality or self pity." Catherine Texier, The New York Times Book Review
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Eighty-Sixed
In 1980, B. J. Rosenthal's only mission is to find himself a boyfriend and avoid setbacks like bad haircuts, bad sex, and Jewish guilt. In post-AIDS 1986, B.J.'s world has changed dramatically his friends and lovers are getting sick, everyone is at risk, and B.J. is panicking. Parrying high-wire wit against unbearable human tragedy, Eighty-Sixed now stands as a testament to an era. "If Woody Allen were gay and wrote novels, he'd produce something like David Feinberg's Eighty-Sixed." David Streitfeld, The Washington Post Book World "[Feinberg] has given us a painful story of one man coming of age in a terrifying age." The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "Entertaining, harrowing, and powerfully unsensational." Booklist "[Eighty-Sixed] stands out for its frankness, ferocious wit, and total lack of sentimentality or self pity." Catherine Texier, The New York Times Book Review
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780802139023 |
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Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Publication date: | 07/12/2002 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 779,880 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d) |
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