About this title: 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.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: F First Paperback Edition Has Small Pub Remainder Mark
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780802151988ISBN:0802151981
Description: Very Good+ 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Remainder mark. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press / Black Cat edition
Date Published: 1968
Description: Fair. Paperback. Pages tanning (yellowing); spine heavily creased. Corners still fairly crisp. Name on end paper; text unmarked. Covers have general light surface and edge wear. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780802151988ISBN:0802151981
Description: Very Good. A revised edition, orginally published in 1967, journeys into the dark corners of the world of anonymous sex between men. Pictorial wraps, 256 pp. Second printing of this edition. Light wear with faint crease on front cover's lower corner, no spine creases, text is bright and clean, tight binding. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780394621715ISBN:0394621719
Description: Very Good. This book is in very good to near fine condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have not had use. The cover has bumps and scuffs. There is no creasing on the spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stated Second Printing. Lightest degree of wear with a bit of dusting and foxing on edges of leaves, Very Good or Better Condition in a Very Good DJ wrapped in Brodart. This could be an ex-lib, but the Brodart wrap is the only indication of this. Author's second novel, whose hero Johnny Rio is an aging male hustler in the city of Lost Angels. Author also wrote "City of Night" read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 256 pages. Some tiny pencil marks on margins. Scotchtape shadows on free endpaper. A clean copy. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1967
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Medium brown cloth, lettered in black. Slightly rubbed along bottom edges, slight lean, else essentially as issued. Light shelf wear to dust jacket, very slight dampstaining evident on upper front panel. Stated 2nd ptg. 256 pp. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GROVE PRESS, INC, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1967
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. STATED FIRST PRINTING. SLIGHT FOXING TO FRONT AND BACK PASTE DOWN AND FFEP. BOOK IS TIGHT WITH NO MARKINGS. TAIL WAS BUMPED PRETTY HARD. OTHER THAN THAT BOOK IS IN GREAT CONDITION. read more
"A classic LGBT book from the sixties, it is a quick read that illustrates sexual compulsion with engaging and funny prose that posseses very dark undertones. One of John Rechy's better books."
"This book is serious literature and porn - incredibly dark existentialist tale set in L.A. Is Rechy the best writer of Los Angeles ever? Good question. I don't like to deal in absolutes personally, but you could say, yes, and I might hum and nod quietly in agreement. I teach this book in a class on addiction. One mystery - is there a cameo appearance by Isherwood 3/4 of the way through - I've always thought so."
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