Charles Jackson (1903-1968) is best known for his novel, The Lost
Weekend. Published less than a decade after the founding of AA, the
novel's intense psychological portrait of an alcoholic captivated
both the public and critics. But Jackson's success was short-lived.
His second novel probed a subject far more daring than chemical
dependency. In 1946 he published The Fall of Valor, a novel about a
married professor's homosexual attachment to a young Marine
captain. The critics who applauded his frank approach to alcoholism
were disturbed that he would write about a subject many deemed
unsuitable for fiction. This book examines the life and fiction of
Charles Jackson, a pioneer gay writer who addressed taboo issues
with insight and sensitivity. The closets of addiction, repressed
sexuality, and violence he explored were not merely "untidy" but
deadly. His stories about "outing," gay-bashing, molestation,
thrill killers, and media sensationalism are more relevant today
than when they appeared fifty years ago.
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