1967 GEORGE BAXT "A Queer Kind of Death" FIRST EDITION SC A Pharoah Love Mystery

Description: A Queer Kind of DeathGeorge Baxt Description: New York: Signet Books, 1967, Stated "First Printing July 1967" published shortly after the 1966 Simon and Schuster Hardcover edition. Released 3 years before the Stonewall Riots, this gay detective story is written with great detail of an often hidden, elegant and campy life including wonderful male and female characters. An Inner Sanctum Mystery: The first of three novels to feature gay African American detective Pharoah Love. The influential New York Times critic Anthony Boucher said in his review that, "This is a detective story, and unlike any other that you have read. No brief review can attempt to convey its quality. I merely note that it deals with a Manhattan subculture wholly devoid of ethics or morality, that staid readers may well find it 'shocking', that it is beautifully plotted and written with elegance and wit ... and that you must under no circumstances miss it." A critical analysis of the book can be found in The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered. Love would be the central figure in two immediate sequels Swing Low Sweet Harriet (1967) and Topsy and Evil (1968) and also two later novels, A Queer Kind of Love (1994) and A Queer Kind of Umbrella (1995). Condition: Near Very Good clean and tight softcover with bright covers that show some wear and deep orange fore-edges, inside the unmarked pages are deeply toned from age, now protected with a clear archival sleeve. Additional Information: George Leonard Baxt (1923 - 2003) was an American screenwriter and author of crime fiction, best remembered for creating the gay black detective, Pharaoh Love. Four of his novels were finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Mystery. Baxt moved to Britain in the late 1950s and began a new career as a writer for television and the cinema. His most notable screenplays include The City of the Dead (1960) starring Christopher Lee and three collaborations with director Sidney Hayers noted for their taut suspense and black humour: Circus of Horrors (1960), the thriller Payroll (1961) from the novel by Derek Bickerton and Night of the Eagle (1962) which he re-wrote following a draft by Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson, though his credit was omitted from the US version which was released as Burn, Witch, Burn. As well as selling consistently in English-speaking countries, the translated works of Baxt gained fanatical followings in Germany, France and Japan. Cavemodern was founded in 2005 as a home for important "modern" books and works on paper. "Cave" meant a home for both the tangible touch of beautiful objects and a cozy virtual den for armchair exploration. "Modern" starts with the art and literature that went beyond realistic depictions to expressive use of color, non-traditional materials, and new techniques and mediums. Our focus has evolved to be on important pieces by cultural innovators that take their work in new, unexpected, and modern directions.

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