Numbers

Book jacket/back: Johnny Rio, a handsome narcissist but no longer a pretty boy, travels to Los Angeles, the site of past sexual conquest and remembered youthful radiance, in a frenzied attempt to recreate his younger self. Johnny has ten precious days to draw the "numbers," the men who will confirm his desirability, and with the hungry focus of a man on borrowed time, he stalks the dark balconies of all-night theaters, the hot sands of gay beaches, and shady glens of city parks, attempting to attract shadowy sex-hunters in an obcessive battle against the passing of his youth.

Summary

Book jacket/back: Johnny Rio, a handsome narcissist but no longer a pretty boy, travels to Los Angeles, the site of past sexual conquest and remembered youthful radiance, in a frenzied attempt to recreate his younger self. Johnny has ten precious days to draw the "numbers," the men who will confirm his desirability, and with the hungry focus of a man on borrowed time, he stalks the dark balconies of all-night theaters, the hot sands of gay beaches, and shady glens of city parks, attempting to attract shadowy sex-hunters in an obcessive battle against the passing of his youth.

Product details

• Authors: Rechy, John Rechy, Rechy John
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.1994
• EAN: 9780802151988
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-5198-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 304 g
• Series: Rechy, John; Rechy, John
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Los Angeles, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / City Life, Fiction: general & literary, c 1970 to c 1979, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, TOPICAL / LGBT, Johnny Rio;narcissist;youth;desirability;beaches;gay