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William Storandt

Auteur van The Summer They Came

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William Storandt is a freelance writer in Branford, Connecticut, whose first novel will be published in the spring of 2002. He has contributed sailing articles to Cruising World magazine for twenty years. Now a writing tutor in the Bass Writing Program at Yale University, his early employment toon meer included playing tambourine for the Monkees. toon minder
Fotografie: Alfred E. Guy Jr.

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1947-01-28
Geslacht
male

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A slightly dated yet fun read about the creation of a fictional next gay mecca. The writing was solid and smooth. The way that Mr. Storandt wove all of the small stories of the residents and new comers together gave the story the energy to plow on through to the end. It felt real and each character counted. Don't go looking for explicit sex because it was all implied perfectly. Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea but I sure had fun reading this gem.
 
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Connorz | Jan 4, 2023 |
Pronounced lack of affect in this personal memoir. Perhaps from early years in the closet? I've seen this occur in friends of mine from particularly homophobic, conservative locales. Valuable book in that it gives a sense both explicitly and experientially of what it was like to be in homophobic gay America in the '60's and '70's.

With that said, this was a moderately enjoyable read, but I would only recommend it to those with a strong interest in both gay memoirs and sailing. Otherwise, you'll be bored.… (meer)
 
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mattrutherford | Sep 19, 2007 |

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Werken
2
Leden
107
Populariteit
#180,615
Waardering
½ 3.3
Besprekingen
2
ISBNs
5

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