Eighty-Sixed

In 1980, B.J. Rosenthals mission is to find a boyfriend and avoid bad haircuts, bad sex, and Jewish guilt. In post-AIDS 1986, B.J.Us 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, this is a testament to an era.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: David B. Feinberg
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2002
• EAN: 9780802139023
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3902-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Weight: 396 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York City, FICTION / City Life, Fiction: general & literary, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, c 1980 to c 1989, Relating to gay people, Sex & sexuality, social aspects, TOPICAL / LGBT, B. J. Rosenthal;boyfriend;sex;gay;Jewish;tragedy;AIDS;humor