A literary "cause celebre" when first published more than fifty
years ago, Gore Vidal's now-classic The City and the Pillar stands
as a landmark novel of the gay experience.
Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around
girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in "awful kid
stuff," the experience forms Jim's ideal of spiritual completion.
Defying his parents' expectations, Jim strikes out on his own,
hoping to find Bob and rekindle their amorous friendship. Along the
way he struggles with what he feels is his unique bond with Bob and
with his persistent attraction to other men. Upon finally
encountering Bob years later, the force of his hopes for a life
together leads to a devastating climax. The first novel of its kind
to appear on the American literary landscape, The City and the
Pillar" "remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of
sexual relationships between men.
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