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Nazi intrigue in a homosexual brothel . . . a spy thriller that breaks new ground."-Kirkus Reviews Hank Fayette, Seaman Second Class, had enlisted in his Texas hometown, used his shore leave to visit a movie house on 42nd Street, and ended up in a gay brothel near Manhattan's West piers. It was the wrong place to be at the wrong time. When this big, lanky blond with a country boy's drawl-and a country boy's hard muscular body-couldn't fight hi...

James Whale fue un hombre que se inventó a sí mismo. Nació en una familia de la clase obrera inglesa y trabajó como zapatero remendón y como chapista hasta que fue enviado al frente en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Cayó prisionero y organizó con otros oficiales dentro del campo un grupo de teatro. Cuando le liberaron, regresó a Inglaterra con un impecable acento de clase alta y una nueva confianza en sí mismo y en su destino. Tras algunas tempora...

The author of "Gods and Monsters" and "The Notorious Doctor August" probes the dark depths of the human heart in this insightful and heartstopping novel that explores how the personal becomes the political. "Exiles in America "demonstrates the skill and imagination that have garnered Bram widespread critical acclaim.

Previously titled Father of Frankenstein, this acclaimed novel was the basis for the 1998 film starring Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, and Brendan Fraser. It journeys back to 1957 Los Angeles, where James Whale, the once-famous director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, is living in retirement, haunted by his past. Rescuing him from his too-vivid imagination is his gardener, a handsome ex-marine. The friendship betw...

In the years following World War II, a small group of gay writers established themselves as literary power players, fueling cultural changes that would resonate for decades to come, and transforming the American literary landscape forever. Here, novelist Bram brilliantly chronicles the rise of gay consciousness in American writing.

Lives of the Circus Animals is a brilliant new comedy about New York theater people: actors, writers, personal assistants, and a drama critic for the New York Times. They are male, female, straight, gay, in love with their work or in love with each other, and one of them, British star Henry Lewse, "the Hamlet of his generation, " is famous. Award-winning novelist Christopher Bram gives us ten days and nights in this small-town world in the hea...

One has to look no further than the audiences hungry for the narratives served up by Downton Abbey or Wolf Hall to know that the lure of the past is as seductive as ever. But incorporating historical events and figures into a shapely narrative is no simple task. The acclaimed novelist Christopher Bram examines how writers as disparate as Gabriel García Márquez, David McCullough, Toni Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, and many others have employed history...

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James Whale fue un hombre que se inventó a sí mismo. Nació en una familia de la clase obrera inglesa y trabajó hasta que fue enviado al frente en la Primera Guerra Mundial. Cayó prisionero y organizó un grupo de teatro. Después de su liberación, y tras algunas temporadas como actor en Londres, marchó a Hollywood. Allí se pasó al cine y dirigió el inmortal Frankenstein y su espléndida secuela, La novia de Frankenstein. Pero en 1957, tras años d...