The Man on the Third Floor

by Anne Bernays

Overview

Walter Samson is a successful book editor in post World War Two New York. He has more than money, an interesting wife, Phyllis, two smart children and reason to believe he's leading the good American life. That is, until he meets Barry Rogers by chance. Barry is blue collar, handsome, single and poor.

Walter is instantly drawn to Barry and, despite the considerable risks, installs him in the Samson's three story house on the the Upper East Side, where the two men try to keep their amorous relationship secret.

Against a backdrop of McCarthy-era fear with its doleful consequences and with society's pervasive homophobia, Walter manages to alter the direction and course of his life, losing much, gaining more.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016214566
Publisher:	The Permanent Press
Publication date:	11/15/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	309 KB

About the Author

This is Anne Bernays tenth novel. She is the co-author of three non-fiction books and scores of articles, book reviews and essays in national publications. A long-time teacher of writing, she is currently on the faculty of Lesley University's MFA program in writing and is a writing instructor at Harvard's Nieman Foundation. Her novel, Growing Up Rich, won the Edward Lewis Wallent Award and another novel, Professor Romeo was a New York Times Notable Book.

Hometown:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Birth:

September 14, 1930

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Education:

Wellesley College, 1948-1950; B A., Barnard College, 1952

Editorial Reviews

I just love this book. It's my favorite of all her books by light-years.

Pulitzer Prize Winning Author - Annie Dillard

Bernays deftly articulates the difficulties faced by homosexuals during the McCarthy witch-hunt years. She explores a dramatic era in American history and the psyches of her characters with equal ease in this well-written and entertaining new novel.

Publishers Weekly