New York: Viking, (2019). SIGNED first edition - A novel which recreates the years from 1947-1963 and the relationship between Tennessee Williams and his lover Frank Merlo. Castellani's "first achievement is to create a world, one inhabited largely by young, charming gay men, that seems to be comprised almost entirely of late nights and last cigarettes and picnics on good blankets and linen suits with the trousers rolled to the knees. The scenes glitter with a strong sexual pulse. His second achievement is to pry this milieu open and pour a series of intricate themes into it Ñ not merely the nature of fidelity and of the artistic impulse but also the manifold variety of estrangements and humiliations that…
New York: Viking, (2019). SIGNED first edition - A novel which recreates the years from 1947-1963 and the relationship between Tennessee Williams and his lover Frank Merlo. Castellani's "first achievement is to create a world, one inhabited largely by young, charming gay men, that seems to be comprised almost entirely of late nights and last cigarettes and picnics on good blankets and linen suits with the trousers rolled to the knees. The scenes glitter with a strong sexual pulse. His second achievement is to pry this milieu open and pour a series of intricate themes into it Ñ not merely the nature of fidelity and of the artistic impulse but also the manifold variety of estrangements and humiliations that come with being the lover of a much more famous and talented man." (NY Times) SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy." 357 pp.
LEADING MEN.
