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An Arrow's Flight
by Merlis,Mark
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine - Slight Chips
- ISBN 10
- 0312186754
- ISBN 13
- 9780312186753
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: St.Martin's Press., 1998 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Edition.. A novel combining elements from the Trojan war and contemporary Gay culture.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, he 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." Remainder mark, else near fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043247
- Title
- An Arrow's Flight
- Author
- Merlis,Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine - Slight Chips
- Edition
- 1st.US Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0312186754
- ISBN 13
- 9780312186753
- Publisher
- St.Martin's Press.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- TROJAN WAR TROY GREEK GREEKS GAY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greece in Fiction - Ancient; Trojan War - Fiction;
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KALAMOS BOOKS
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario
About KALAMOS BOOKS
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