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100 1 $aSpanbauer, Tom.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87839625
245 10 $aIn the city of shy hunters :$ba novel /$cTom Spanbauer.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bGrove Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $aviii, 504 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"In the City of Shy Hunters opens in 1983, when William Parker moves from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to Manhattan, desperate to escape the provincialism of the small Western towns in which he has spent his entire life. Shy, afflicted with a stutter, and struggling with his sexuality, Will has been afraid of New York his entire life. In moving there, he learns the value of embracing one's fears, finding himself surrounded for the first time by people who understand and celebrate his quirks and flaws.
520 8 $aAlong the way, he becomes wrapped up in one of the most unforgettable romances in literature, a love affair with a volatile, six-foot-five African-American drag queen and performance artist named Rose.".
520 8 $a"But even as he is falling in love with Rose and growing into himself, Will must watch as his friends are taken from him as AIDS grows from a rumor into a full-scale epidemic. Meanwhile, tension is also mounting between the police and the squatters in his local park - until a vicious riot breaks out, providing Will with the opportunity for a heroic, transcendent act that will repay the city for all it has taught him and leave readers shaken, fulfilled, and changed."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aEast Village (New York, N.Y.)$vFiction.
650 0 $aAIDS (Disease)$xPatients$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100927
650 0 $aAfrican American gays$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009113953
650 0 $aCross-dressers$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116993
650 0 $aGay youth$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105073
650 0 $aRiots$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010111061
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aBildungsromans.$2gsafd
655 7 $aLove stories.$2gsafd
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3569.P339$iI5 2001