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The siege of Troy has dragged on for ten years, with no end in sight, when an oracle supplies the Greeks with the recipe for victory. All they need is Pyrrhus, son of the fallen Achilles. But Pyrrhus has been putting his godlike form to profitable use as a go-go dancer in the big city. Why should he leave the party, give up his hard-bought freedom, just because some voice in a jar says he must strap on a suit of hand-me-down armor?
Still, Pyrrhus has always known destiny had plans for him, some more glittering future than life as a used-up hustler on a park bench somewhere. So he sails for Troy, hoping to transform himself into the bronzed immortal history requires. Instead, on an unscheduled detour, he stumbles through his first lessons on how to be a man.
Magically blending ancient headlines and modern myth, Merlis creates a fabulous new world where legendary heroes declare their endowments in the personal ads and any panhandler just might be a divinity in disguise. Comical, moving, startling in its audacity and range, An Arrow’s Flight is a profound meditation on gay identity, straight power, and human liberation.
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Gay men, Greek Mythology, Fiction, Trojan War, Greeks, Mythology, Greek, Stonewall Book Awards, LGBTQ novels, LGBTQ HIV/AIDS, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Fiction, gay, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Gay men, fictionPlaces
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An Arrow's Flight: A Novel
September 24, 1999, Stonewall Inn Editions
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0312242883 9780312242886
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"Start with the boy, Pyrrhus."
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