Mark Merlis, Author . HarperCollins/Fourth Estate $24.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-00-715611-5
Joel Lingeman, the protagonist of the third novel by Washington insider–cum–novelist Merlis (American Studies), is, at 45, a man in full, with a high-profile job as a health policy adviser to Congress, a long-term lover and a tightly...
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Mark Merlis, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $21.95 (275p) ISBN 978-0-395-68992-9
Handsome prose and the erotic undercurrent of pre-Stonewall gay life strengthen this intriguing first novel. While recuperating from a hustler's brutal beating, Reeve, a 62-year-old gay man, finds his attention split between lustful thoughts for his
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Mark Merlis, Author St. Martin's Press $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-312-18675-3
In a boldly conceived narrative of uncommon artistry, the author of American Studies succeeds in making the implausible not only plausible but probable as he wryly juxtaposes contemporary icons and lingo with long-familiar schoolbook characters....
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Mark Merlis, Author, Merlis, Author Penguin Books $10.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-14-025090-9
Merlis's first novel centers on an aging, hospitalized, gay man and his recollections spanning 50 years of gay life in America. (Jan.)
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