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Nathan Aldyne
In this 1982 gay murder mystery by the author of Vermilion, summer in Provincetown is a nonstop party—until it stops dead. Daniel Valentine is a gay bartender and former social worker. Clarisse Lovelace is his straight pal who works in real estate. They make an unconventional investigative duo—but sometimes unconventional is exactly what’s called for. Summer in P’town is definitely earning its reputation as Sodom-by-the Sea. Daniel scored a job tending bar for the season and Clarisse is here too, looking fabulous and searching for trouble. Only she finds the wrong kind when a dead body turns up on a beach. No one knew Jeff that well, but his arresting cobalt eyes certainly caught people’s attention. They made him some friends—and quite a few enemies. Which of these killed him? “In many ways it’s not all that different from Miss Marple snooping about St. Mary Mead, only here drag queens replace governesses and coke dealers replace vicars.” —Gay Community News
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Author
Nathan Aldyne
Pages
222
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Published Date
2014-02-20
ISBN
193738487X 9781937384876
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"So this one went down a little harder than the previous book, mostly because it becomes so obvious that the gay tourist community is so white, with fingers in deep pockets enough to be able to throw drug-fueled parties at the drop of a hat, or storm in and out of town over stupid arguments. Then there is the EXTREMELY casual blackface/yellowface done up by white characters for said parties at the beginning of the book. I’m not sure whether it’s the author’s intent to expose the casual racism of the white gay community or an unfortunate (and accurate) artifact of the 80’s. Given that the author has since died of AIDS, we’re not likely to know the intent behind it, but it was startling and uncomfortable for me to read it- I kept putting the book down during that party. The rest of the book is good camp noir fun, and it’s nice to be able to see what’s changed, and how little has changed, about Provincetown since the 80’s."
Marsh