The City And The Pillar

In their teens, Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy and Jim spends years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it explodes with violence and pain. This was one of the first pieces of explicitly gay fiction.

Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.

Certainly one of the best novels of its kind...It isn't sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking. These are enormous virtues - Christopher Isherwood A noble work - Thomas Mann