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Faggots by Larry Kramer

Faggots

Larry Kramer, Reynolds Price

Grove/Atlantic · Paperback · June 11, 2000

Graphically sexual and one of the best-selling gay novels of all time, Faggots is the story of Fred Lemish, who at thirty-nine has built up his body into a fatless state of being in Great Shape.

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Who it’s for
An unsparing, category-bending read with room for both immersion and interpretation.
Genres
Gay Fiction, Satire, Gay Romance
Published
Grove/Atlantic, June 11, 2000

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Graphically sexual and one of the best-selling gay novels of all time, Faggots is the story of Fred Lemish, who at thirty-nine has built up his body into a fatless state of being in Great Shape. Finally he is ready to find Mr. Right. But from the Everhard Baths, to the Pines on Fire Island, to that place of myth and legend, The Meat Rack, Lemish is looking for his dream lover in all the wrong places.

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Faggots is a fierce satire of the gay ghetto and a touching story of one man’s desperate search for permanence, commitment, and love.

Sharp Edges

An unsparing, category-bending read with room for both immersion and interpretation.

Come here for

  • queer literary provocation
  • performance-ready bite

Expect

  • friction, not polish
  • love under pressure

Where it sits

Gay Fiction89%
Gay Romance55%
Satire54%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Literary Fiction
  • Gay Romance
  • LGBTQ+ Fiction
Authors
Larry Kramer, Reynolds Price
Publisher
Grove/Atlantic
Published
June 11, 2000
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Literary Fiction