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Desire: Tales of New Orleans, a debut collection of short fiction
by William Sterling Walker, delves into the gay demimonde in New
Orleans before the flood. Circles of friends and
acquaintances-lawyers and supermarket clerks, drifters, painters
and musicians, cabaret singers and writers-alternately dominate the
landscape and fade into the background. However they identify
themselves, they speak a common language-funny, sexy, pithy,
sometimes bitchy, always on-target. But perhaps the main character
in the book is the city itself. A litany of place names evokes New
Orleans' visceral hold on these men; even when they are far away,
the memory of the city haunts them. William Sterling Walker's
vividly imagined characters embody the unquenchable spirit of place
that would go on to survive unimaginable natural disasters, both
physical and personal. Like the city, they are unforgettable in
their boldness and fascination.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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