Virtually Normal
Andrew Sullivan. Vintage Books USA, $15 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74614-0
Former New Republic editor Sullivan calls for an end to all forms of discrimination against homosexuals. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 09/16/1996
Genre: Nonfiction
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