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that tells the story of Taïa‘s life with complete
disclosure - from a childhood bound by family
order and latent (homo)sexual tensions in the
poor city of Salé, through a sexual awakening
in Tangier charged by the young writer‘s attraction
to his eldest brother, to a disappointing
arrival in the Western world to study in Geneva
in adulthood. Taïa, through his calmly transgressive
work, has »outed« himself as »the only
gay man« in a country whose theocratic law still
declares homosexuality a crime.
Michael T. Ford: The Road Home.
USA 2010, 248 pp., hardback, € 22.59
When a car accident
leaves photographer
Burke Crenshaw in need
of temporary full-time
care, he finds himself
back in the one place
no 40-year-old chooses
to be - his childhood
bedroom. There, in the
Vermont home where he
grew up, Burke begins
the long process of recuperation, and watches
as his widowed father finds happiness in a new
relationship that‘s a constant reminder of everything
Burke wants and lacks. Meeting Will
Janks is an unexpected complication. Will is
the 20-year-old son of Burke‘s highschool best
friends, Mars. After what transpired between
them one summer long ago, Burke had hoped
he and Mars might become more than friends,
but Mars always pretended that night never
happened. Will, in contrast makes no secret of
his interest in Burke, who can‘t resist his attraction
to the handsome young man.
K.M. Soehnlein: Robin and Ruby.
USA 2010, 277 pp., hardback, € 22.30
20-year-old, Robin Mak-
Kenzie is waiting for his
life to start. Then, one
hot June weekend, Robin
gets dumped by his boyfriend
and quickly hits the
road with his best friend
George to find his teenaged
sister, Ruby, who‘s
vanished from a party
at the Jersey Shore. For
years, the friendship with George has been
the most solid thing in Robin‘s life. But lately
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there are glimpses of another George, someone
Robin barely knows and can no longer take for
granted. Ruby is on an adventure of her own,
dressing in black, declaring herself an atheist,
pulling away from the boyfriend she doesn‘t
love. Then a chance encounter puts Ruby in
pursuit of a seductive but troubled boy. As their
paths converge, Robin and Ruby confront the
sadness of their shared past and rebuild the
bonds that still run deep.
Josh Lanyon: The Dark Tide.
USA 2010, 295 pp., brochure, € 15.59
Adrien English and Jake
Riordan are back in their
fifth and final adventure.
When a half-century old
skeleton tumbles out of
the wall in the midst of
the renovation of Cloak
and Dagger Bookstore
renovation, Adrien turns
to hot and handsome exlover
Jake Riordan, who
has divorced his wife, retired from the police
force, come out to his family and is now working
as a private detective. Jake is only too happy
to have reason to stay in close contact with
Adrien, but there are more surprises in Adrien‘s
past than either one of them expects and one
of them may prove hazardous to Jake‘s own
heart. »The Dark Tide« wraps up the series, and
although it‘s sad that it is done, readers may
want to reread the whole series once more.
Josh Lanyon:
Somebody Killed His Editor.
Holmes & Moriarity, Book 1. USA 2010,
269 pp., brochure, € 14.29
Thanks to an elderly
spinster sleuth and her
ingenious cat, Christopher
Holmes has enjoyed
a celebrated career as
a bestselling mystery
writer. Until now. Sales
are down and his new
editor is allergic to geriatric
gumshoes. On the
advice of his agent, he
reinvents his fortyish, frumpy, recently dumped
self into the sleek, sexy image of a literary lion,
and heads for a Northern California writers‘
conference to try and resurrect his career. A