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Description edit
John Rechy, recipient of the Publishing Triangle’s William Whitehead Lifetime Achievement Award, wrote City of Night in 1963. This radical and daring work, which launched Rechy’s reputation as one of America’s most courageous novelists, remains the classic document of the garish neon-lit world... read more
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Characters/People edit
- The protagonist: A male street hustler...adopts a hetrosexual pose. Part of the pose is to attract the johns, most of who want the illusion of a straight man.
- Lance O'hara: Add a description of this character.
- Neil
- Chuck
- Pete
- Carl
- Kathy
- Jamey
- Trudi
- Sylvia
- Robbie
- Jeremy
- Pauline
- Chick
- Lola
- Dave
- Esmeralda Drake
- John Rechy
- Winnie
- El Paso
- Buddy
- Randy
- Larry
- Sonny
- Morgan
- John Hecht
- Hooper
- Mary
- Harry
- Darling Dolly Dane
- Mr King
- Rick
- Pierce
- Barbara
- Whorina
- John Remy
- Mardi Gras
- Tante Goulu
- Glen
- Drusilla Duncan
- Jenny Lu
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LATER I WOULD THINK OF AMERICA as one vast City of Night stretching gaudily from Times Square to Hollywood Boulevard-jukebox-winking, rock-n-roll-moaning: America at night fusing its darkcities into the unmistakable shape of loneliness.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 7 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1963. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Grandmother and the Priests, and followed by The Glass-Blowers.
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- John Rechy (Author)
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Publication Date: 1963
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- Dewey: 813.54
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