Ready To Catch Him Should He Fall - Softcover

Bartlett, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852427051 ISBN 13: 9781852427054

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 1998

Synopsis

At three in the morning, to the sound of slow music on the piano, in the darkest corner of the best bar in the city, two lovers fall into each others arms... one is older and wiser: one is just nineteen. Then follow the rites and ceremonies of a love affair and a happy marriage. From the kisses of courtship to the reading of the banns; from the wedding to the lovemaking to the moment when the first child is cradled in the loving parents' arms, everything in this story is in its proper place. Except that this marriage is a marriage between two men. Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall recasts earlier twentieth century fiction into a decisively contemporary account of how men in love might imagine their lives.

About this title

Review:

Stands head-and-shoulders above any British or American gay novel to have appeared in several years (Gay Times)

A writer who can really change the way people think (Literary Review)

If he can do this with his first novel, what heights will his fourth or fifth reach? (Ruth Rendell Sunday Times)

Book Description:

Neil Bartlett's groundbreaking debut novel, now available as a Serpent's Tail Classic, with a new introduction by the author

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1852427051
• ISBN 13: 9781852427054
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320