After the Blue Hour
of John Rechy
Description
John Rechyâs first novel, City of Night, an international bestseller, is considered a modern classic. Subsequent work asserts his place among Americaâs most important writers. The authorâs most daring work, After the Blue Hour is narrated by a twenty-four-year-old writer named John Rechy. Fleeing a turbulent life in Los Angeles, he accepts an invitation to a private island from an admirer of his work. There, he joins Paul, his imposing host in his late thirties, his beautiful mistress, and his precocious teenage son. Browsing Paulâs library and conversing together on the deck about literature and film during the spell of eveningâs âblue hour,â John feels surcease, until, with unabashed candor, Paul shares intimate details of his life. Through cunning seductive charm, he married and divorced an ambassadorâs daughter and the heiress to a vast fortune. Avoiding identifying his sonâs mother, he reveals an affinity for erotic âdangerous games.â With intimations of past decadence and menace, an abandoned island nearby arouses tense fascination over the group. As âgamesâ veer toward violence, secrets surface in startling twists and turns. Explosive confrontation becomes inevitable.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224 pages
- Publisher Grove Press
- Publication Date February 7th 2017
- First Publication 02/28/17
- Language Not informed
- ISBN 9780802125897
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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