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The NYC Gay scene in the mid '70s, a twisted whodunit mystery about a serial killer of Gay men, a coming out story of a young, hunky, sociology assistant professor, a platonic ménage à trois, a deep conspiracy of undercover spooks and their patsy, the life and death of a European supermodel, sex, wealth, drugs, gangsters... The plot is an apparent convoluted mess that somehow makes sense and resolved by the ending. It is a page turner.
I loved it. What appealed to me the most perhaps was being i ...more
I loved it. What appealed to me the most perhaps was being i ...more
A sociology professor becomes a deep-cover operative trying to suss out who is behind murders in the gay community in mid-70s New York. He initially identifies as straight but his identity develops during the course of the plot. Came out before the movie Cruising, which is somewhat similar. The other comparison I would make is to Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly, which also concerns an undercover operative. As in Dick's book, there are a lot of psychological games being played and it's unclear
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What a train wreck. So disappointing.
His book LIKE PEOPLE OIN HISTORY is brilliant, on my ever changing list of top ten bests of all time. This one though..,,yikes. Hated every character. Skip it.
His book LIKE PEOPLE OIN HISTORY is brilliant, on my ever changing list of top ten bests of all time. This one though..,,yikes. Hated every character. Skip it.
Felice Picano is an excellent author and The Lure is a suspenseful, deftly written mystery novel. I was hooked from the very first page...!
A really good mystery from the oh so ancient 1970's. The immersion factor is high in this one, both for the protagonist and the reader. I thought it was littered with a few too many characters who were perhaps supposed to be red herrings but read more like ambience. Enough time has passed since this was published that it no longer reads as dated but more like historical fiction.
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Feb 11, 2012
Joseph-Daniel Peter Paul Abondius
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Apr 14, 2013
N.S.
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Sep 01, 2015
Robert Dunbar
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