KTS
7th October 2003, 06:26 PM
“The secret love child of Edith Wharton and Woody Allen”
- The New York Times
Not only is he one of my favourite gay and humour writers, but he's also one of my favourite writers of all times, so I was delighted to see an article about him and the paperback release of "True Enough" in the latest edition of GCN.
He's only written four novels
The Object of My Affection (1987)
George and Nina seem like the perfect couple. They share a cozy, cluttered Brooklyn apartment, a taste for impromptu tuna casserole dinners, and a devotion to ballroom dancing lessons at Arthur Murray. They love each other. There's only one hitch George is gay. And when Nina announces she's pregnant, things get especially complicated. Howard-Nina's overbearing boyfriend and the baby's father-wants marriage. Nina wants independence. George will do anything for a little unqualified affection, but is he ready to become an unwed surrogate dad? Mad into an ok-ish movie starring Jennifer Aniston.
The Easy Way Out (1992)
Patrick O'Neil is a travel agent who never goes anywhere. His closest confidante, Sharon, is chain-smoking her way to singles hell, passing up man after man. His parents, proprietors of a suburban men's store, can't agree how best to interfere in their sons' lives. And his lover, Arthur (a golden retriever of a guy to whom Patrick can't quite commit), wants to cement their relationship by buying a house. Then a call comes in the middle of the night. Tony, Patrick's straight-as-an-arrow younger brother, has fallen in love with a beautiful lawyer who is turning him on to…opera. Unfortunately, she's not the woman he's already pledged to marry. Tony's life is a mess. Finally, the brothers have something in common.
The Man of the House (1996)
When Clyde Carmichael isn't teaching at a posh but flaky adult learning center, devouring biographies in search of a design for living, or obsessing about his ex-lover, Gordon, he's dodging his insecure sister and impossible father, who may or may not be at death's door. At thirty-five, Clyde's in danger of becoming too much like Marcus, his handsome (and unswervingly straight) roommate, who's spent the past ten years not writing his dissertation and not falling in love with a string of beautiful women. Enter Louise Morris. Clyde's old friend and Marcus' onetime lover is a restless writer and single mother who arrives in Cambridge with her son, Ben, and a neurotic dog in tow. The looming question of Ben's paternity nudges Clyde back into the orbit of his own father—and propels all of the characters into bittersweet emotional terrain.
True Enough (2003)
Jane Cody imagined she'd lead a tumultuous life, full of money, passion, and painless tragedies. Instead, she wakes up at forty with a doting second husband, a precocious son who loves to bake, and a fast-paced job as a producer for a Boston television station. What went wrong? In New York, Desmond Sullivan—biographer of demi-celebs such as the forgotten torch singer Pauline Anderton—wonders how he ended up "stuck in something as pathetic" as a happy, secretly monogamous relationship with smart, sweet Russell. Jane and Desmond meet in Boston and join forces to create a series of TV documentaries on America's cultural mediocrities. But their search for the truth about the elusive Anderton takes them on a journey of self-discovery in which they learn more about their own secrets and lies than they ever wanted to know.
I highly recommend the four above novels. They're fantastic. There's loads of different paperback editions, and some of them have really cool covers, especially the American trade paperbacks and hardbacks.
His pic http//www.tetu.com/archives/portrait/p097.gif
His website http//www.stephenmccauley.com
- The New York Times
Not only is he one of my favourite gay and humour writers, but he's also one of my favourite writers of all times, so I was delighted to see an article about him and the paperback release of "True Enough" in the latest edition of GCN.
He's only written four novels
The Object of My Affection (1987)
George and Nina seem like the perfect couple. They share a cozy, cluttered Brooklyn apartment, a taste for impromptu tuna casserole dinners, and a devotion to ballroom dancing lessons at Arthur Murray. They love each other. There's only one hitch George is gay. And when Nina announces she's pregnant, things get especially complicated. Howard-Nina's overbearing boyfriend and the baby's father-wants marriage. Nina wants independence. George will do anything for a little unqualified affection, but is he ready to become an unwed surrogate dad? Mad into an ok-ish movie starring Jennifer Aniston.
The Easy Way Out (1992)
Patrick O'Neil is a travel agent who never goes anywhere. His closest confidante, Sharon, is chain-smoking her way to singles hell, passing up man after man. His parents, proprietors of a suburban men's store, can't agree how best to interfere in their sons' lives. And his lover, Arthur (a golden retriever of a guy to whom Patrick can't quite commit), wants to cement their relationship by buying a house. Then a call comes in the middle of the night. Tony, Patrick's straight-as-an-arrow younger brother, has fallen in love with a beautiful lawyer who is turning him on to…opera. Unfortunately, she's not the woman he's already pledged to marry. Tony's life is a mess. Finally, the brothers have something in common.
The Man of the House (1996)
When Clyde Carmichael isn't teaching at a posh but flaky adult learning center, devouring biographies in search of a design for living, or obsessing about his ex-lover, Gordon, he's dodging his insecure sister and impossible father, who may or may not be at death's door. At thirty-five, Clyde's in danger of becoming too much like Marcus, his handsome (and unswervingly straight) roommate, who's spent the past ten years not writing his dissertation and not falling in love with a string of beautiful women. Enter Louise Morris. Clyde's old friend and Marcus' onetime lover is a restless writer and single mother who arrives in Cambridge with her son, Ben, and a neurotic dog in tow. The looming question of Ben's paternity nudges Clyde back into the orbit of his own father—and propels all of the characters into bittersweet emotional terrain.
True Enough (2003)
Jane Cody imagined she'd lead a tumultuous life, full of money, passion, and painless tragedies. Instead, she wakes up at forty with a doting second husband, a precocious son who loves to bake, and a fast-paced job as a producer for a Boston television station. What went wrong? In New York, Desmond Sullivan—biographer of demi-celebs such as the forgotten torch singer Pauline Anderton—wonders how he ended up "stuck in something as pathetic" as a happy, secretly monogamous relationship with smart, sweet Russell. Jane and Desmond meet in Boston and join forces to create a series of TV documentaries on America's cultural mediocrities. But their search for the truth about the elusive Anderton takes them on a journey of self-discovery in which they learn more about their own secrets and lies than they ever wanted to know.
I highly recommend the four above novels. They're fantastic. There's loads of different paperback editions, and some of them have really cool covers, especially the American trade paperbacks and hardbacks.
His pic http//www.tetu.com/archives/portrait/p097.gif
His website http//www.stephenmccauley.com