Description: Torment by Richard Meeker (pen name of Forman Brown) First paperback edition of an important early gay novel New York: Universal Publishing and Distributing Corp. [1951]. First paperback edition. 159, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Very Good with sticker wear to front wrap, a few small chips at edges, pages toned with age. An important lost novel of gay life first published in 1933 as Better Angel at the end of a brief "pansy craze" in culture that would close with the grim realities of the Great Depression. Most notably the novel has a happy ending for the gay protagonist, which was basically verboten at the time. This paperback original was printed in 1951 at the very dawn of a new era in gay rights.
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Author: Meeker, Richard [pseudonym of Forman Brown
Publisher: Universal Publishing and Distributing Corp
Year Printed: 1951
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
