Part autobiographical, part fiction, this is a satirical and self-accusing tour of the London gay scene in what subsequently proved to be the last days before AIDS became a reality. The book takes the form of a series of dramatic monologues and dialogues involving a small cast of queens who move from one watering hole to the next in the course of a 24 hour period, descending into hell, the gay night-club Heaven.
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Part autobiographical, part fiction, this is a satirical and self-accusing tour of the London gay scene in what subsequently proved to be the last days before AIDS became a reality. The book takes the form of a series of dramatic monologues and dialogues involving a small cast of queens who move from one watering hole to the next in the course of a 24 hour period, descending into hell, the gay night-club Heaven.
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Add this copy of Queens to cart. $49.95, like new condition, Sold by The Warm Springs Book Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fremont, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Quartet Books (UK).
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Fine in fine dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. Probable 1st printing with no additional printings listed. DJ has some minor general wear and some light fading to the spine. Overall, a nice tight copy with no names or markings. Illustrated. 8vo; 289 pages.
Add this copy of Queens to cart. $79.97, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Interlink Publishing+group Inc.
Add this copy of Queens to cart. $132.42, good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd.
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Add this copy of Queens to cart. $500.00, very good condition, Sold by Solr Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincolnwood, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Quartet Books Ltd.
Add this copy of Queens [Paul Cadmus and Sylvester Orphanos Association] to cart. $975.00, like new condition, Sold by Arches Bookhouse rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Quartet Books Ltd.
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FINE in FINE jacket. A lovely copy with contemporary association between two prominent gay artists. Gifted by artist Paul Cadmus to photographer and publisher, Stathis Orphanos: 'for Stathis / a bit of nonsense, / thinking of the /start of a / friendship that / is quite the / opposite. / Paul / 17 ix 86. ' With Orphanos's pencil note specifying 'Paul Cadmus. ' [12], 3-289pp., 20 B/W line-drawing plates. 12mo, black finished cloth, gilt spine lettering. FINE in FINE dust jacket, exceedingly clean and fresh. 'A funny, and kind of mean, taxonomy, of gay types in London in the Thatcher years' offering a Dante-esque barhopping descent into Hell (a night-club named 'Heaven'). The DJ describes it as 'A combination of drama, diary, documentary and monologue, Queens is the first book to have charted the labyrinths of the metropolitan gay scene. At once acid and sympathetic, it is both an anatomy of a subculture and a virtuoso celebration. ' Pitch-perfect for some but too acid for others, the book received very mixed reviews with many angered by the use of negative stereotypes.
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