{"product_id":"after-the-blue-hour-paperback","title":"After the Blue Hour - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Rechy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Rechy's first novel, \u003ci\u003eCity of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, an international bestseller, is considered a modern classic. Subsequent work asserts his place among America's most important writers. The author's most daring work, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Blue Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is narrated by a twenty-four-year-old writer named John Rechy. Fleeing a turbulent life in Los Angeles, he accepts an invitation to a private island from an admirer of his work. There, he joins Paul, his imposing host in his late thirties, his beautiful mistress, and his precocious teenage son. Browsing Paul's library and conversing together on the deck about literature and film during the spell of evening's \"blue hour,\" John feels surcease, until, with unabashed candor, Paul shares intimate details of his life. Through cunning seductive charm, he married and divorced an ambassador's daughter and the heiress to a vast fortune. Avoiding identifying his son's mother, he reveals an affinity for erotic \"dangerous games.\" With intimations of past decadence and menace, an abandoned island nearby arouses tense fascination over the group. As \"games\" veer toward violence, secrets surface in startling twists and turns. Explosive confrontation becomes inevitable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Rechy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seventeen books, including \u003ci\u003eCity of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eNumbers\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eRushes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Coming of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received several lifetime achievement awards, including from PEN Center USA, William Whitehead Foundation, University of California at Riverside, and the University of California at Santa Barbara's Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano\/Latino Literature. The author lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47262323278073,"sku":"9780802127563","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/27gjS61mps9780802127563.webp?v=1768807891","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/after-the-blue-hour-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}