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Three Queer Lives
This work presents the stories of two remarkable men and an extraordinary woman, and how they lived in an age when gayness was reviled and outlawed.
Trespasses
A man comes to terms with the suicide of his wife and his homosexuality.
SUGAR CANE
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The Oxford Book of London
No city in the world has so consistently stimulated the literary imagination as London. Over the centuries, writers, poets, historians, artists, and simple observers have chronicled the life and growth of this intriguing city. In his sparkling anthology, Paul Bailey has captured the essence of London's allure, from the Middle Ages to the present day, with wit, humor, and pathos.
Gabriel's Lament
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Chapman's Odyssey
Harry Chapman is not well, and he doesn't like hospitals. Furthermore, Dr Pereira's wonder drug is causing some strange side effects: he can hear more than the usual quotient of voices. First, it is his mother, acerbic and disappointed in him as ever, but then more and more voices add their differing notes and stories to the chorus, squabbling, cajoling and commenting. Friends from childhood, lovers, characters from novels and poetry, Virginia Woolf and a man who wants to sell him T.S Eliot's teeth. Written with a gentle, effortless generosity, full of delicate observation, Chapman's Odyssey is the work of a master; a superbly rendered act of storytelling and ventriloquism that is both witty and deeply moving.
A Dog's Life
This is Paul Bailey's second volume of memoirs. It tells of the 16 years he spent in his dog Circe's company, while also offering portraits of friends both living and dead. There are sketches of the various eccentrics met during his walks with Circe and descriptions of trips abroad.
The Drowned and the Saved
In his final book before his death, Primo Levi returns once more to his time at Auschwitz in a moving meditation on memory, resiliency, and the struggle to comprehend unimaginable tragedy. Drawing on history, philosophy, and his own personal experiences, Levi asks if we have already begun to forget about the Holocaust. His last book before his death, Levi returns to the subject that would define his reputation as a writer and a witness. Levi breaks his book into eight essays, ranging from topics like the unreliability of memory to how violence twists both the victim and the victimizer. He shares how difficult it is for him to tell his experiences with his children and friends. He also debunk...
Peter Smart's Confessions
Peter Smart's mother is a comic monster. Only Wagner could do her justice, is one friend's opinion. She's matched by Dr F. Leonard Cottie, a retired physician, who employs her as a housekeeper and introduces the boy Peter to the facts of life.
Gender and Education in China
Using primary evidence such as official documents, newspapers and memoirs, Paul Bailey analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century.
