STATIONS

by Burt Blechman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 6, 1964

This short novel is almost as aberrant in its virtuoso gimmickry as its theme, paraphrasing anything from the Lamentations to the Lord's Prayer to incant the angry middleaged agony of the homosexual. Hero the Stations (of the Cross) take place in the catacomb of the subway, the ""playground"" of one Don Wright (known here a 901) as he makes his rounds. Then there is the alternating chronology of his childhood, his ""Madonna"" mother, his Catholic schooling in the ""parochial pit,"" his first experiences with old men, and the acceleration of his inverted obsessions... A profane passion play which may well offend on more than one count --homoerotioa with a whiff of Genet, and certainly the byplay of its symbolism and satire will confine it further.

Pub Date: Oct. 6, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1964

Categories: FICTION