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Keegan's Folly - Couverture souple

Hayes, Hutton

 
9780759619104: Keegan's Folly
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0759619107 ISBN 13 : 9780759619104
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2001

Synopsis

Keegan's Folly is a contemporary comedy of manners exploring the many possibilities of gay love as seen through the eyes of its protagonist, the young writer Keegan Kane who lives and works in New York. Beginning with his lover's many infidelities, Keegan's problems eventually extend well beyond them. As the financially successful author of two best-selling novels written as a result of a drunken bet and best described as gay harlequin romance, Keegan finds himself young, healthy, wealthy - and miserably unhappy now that his life seems to be unraveling.Following his lover's departure to live with a wealthy Long Island financier, the lover (Wagner) writes a tell-all book recounting his promiscuous sex life on the party circuit, implicating Keegan as well. Wagner is trying to publish the book, Keegan's agent agrees to represent him and Keegan's publisher is interested in making an offer. To make matters worse, Keegan is now suffering from writer's block as a result of the Wagner tell-all and the critical failure of his financially successful books.Keegan, seeking to heal his bruised ego, hires a male escort as a stand-in for a new lover to join him at the annual White party in Miami where he is to give a reading. The novel then follows Keegan and the escort, Valentino, through a series of comical scenes in Greenwich Village and on Long Island as they prepare for the White party - culminating in the climactic scene in which Valentino's identity is unraveled. Following this rude comeuppance, matters only worsen for Keegan as he falls in love with the escort following a steamy one-night stand.But all's well that ends well in this comedy of manners with its final scene at the Hopper exhibit at the Whitney Museum. As Keegan's star begins to shine again, the final scene brings the novel full circle. Relying on short, clipped dialogue, this literary novel is spiced with gay camp and wit. Although, as a comedy of manners, it borders on farce, it is an entertainment with meat

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Keegan's Folly is a contemporary comedy of manners exploring the many possibilities of gay love as seen through the eyes of its protagonist, the young writer Keegan Kane who lives and works in New York. Beginning with his lover's many infidelities, Keegan's problems eventually extend well beyond them. As the financially successful author of two best-selling novels written as a result of a drunken bet and best described as gay harlequin romance, Keegan finds himself young, healthy, wealthy - and miserably unhappy now that his life seems to be unraveling.Following his lover's departure to live with a wealthy Long Island financier, the lover (Wagner) writes a tell-all book recounting his promiscuous sex life on the party circuit, implicating Keegan as well. Wagner is trying to publish the book, Keegan's agent agrees to represent him and Keegan's publisher is interested in making an offer. To make matters worse, Keegan is now suffering from writer's block as a result of the Wagner tell-all and the critical failure of his financially successful books.Keegan, seeking to heal his bruised ego, hires a male escort as a stand-in for a new lover to join him at the annual White party in Miami where he is to give a reading. The novel then follows Keegan and the escort, Valentino, through a series of comical scenes in Greenwich Village and on Long Island as they prepare for the White party - culminating in the climactic scene in which Valentino's identity is unraveled. Following this rude comeuppance, matters only worsen for Keegan as he falls in love with the escort following a steamy one-night stand.But all's well that ends well in this comedy of manners with its final scene at the Hopper exhibit at the Whitney Museum. As Keegan's star begins to shine again, the final scene brings the novel full circle. Relying on short, clipped dialogue, this literary novel is spiced with gay camp and wit. Although, as a comedy of manners, it borders on farce, it is an entertainment with meat

Biographie de l'auteur

Hutton Hayes was born in Indianapolis and later raised in Monroeville, Alabama (home of Harper Lee and the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird) where the literary bug bit him at an early age. He received degrees in English and History from the University of Alabama and Indiana University, respectively, and attended the Indiana University School of Law, graduating with Honors. He practiced law in a corporate setting in Indianapolis until 1997, when he left the company and the practice of law to devote his energies to full-time writing. He has completed four novels, a book of poetry and a short work of nonfiction exploring spiritual forms of psychotherapy. He is currently working on a novel of the South and a sequel to Keegan's Folly.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0759619107
ISBN 13 
9780759619104
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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