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Larry-bob Roberts
Jun 16, 2007 rated it it was amazing
This book, while a work of fiction, is in a way a mirror of Samuel Delany's life. Both he and the main character of the book, Arnold Hawley, are gay black men living in New York City. However, while Delany's life has been one of sexual freedom (documented in books such as Motion of Light in Water and Times Square Red, Times Square Blue), Hawley's has been one of internalized homophobia and sexual repression.

The book's three sections cover three periods in reverse chronological order - Hawley'
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