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In his first novel, Reidinger portrays the modern version of a love triangle, one that involves a bisexual man, a heterosexual woman and a homosexual man. Katherine and David meet the first day of their freshman year at Stanford and quickly become best friends. There is no possibility of romance between them, however, because David believes he is a homosexual. After graduation they take an apartment together in San Francisco, where David adopts a gay lifestyle. The harmony of their friendship is disrupted when Katherine becomes involved with Ross, a straight-laced law student. David is unhappy with the relationship, not only because he misses his time with Katherine, but also because he is attracted to Ross. Remarkably, however, Ross begins to seek out David and soon they begin a secret affair. Reidinger tells his story in a casual, familiar manner and in flat, listless prose. Because he fails to develop his characters, the reader is unable to empathize with their pain.
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From Library Journal
In what would have amounted to a novella with tighter editing, first-timer Reidinger writes a disarmingly (and apparently) autobiographical account of contemporary interpersonal relations in Baghdad-by-the-Bay. David, his first-person narrator, has a penchant for menages a trois. Complications arise when he and his best friend from Stanford and present roommate, Katherine, fall for the same man: Ross, handsome, masculine, a law school graduate and sexual opportunist extraordinaire. This portrait of the yuppie-cum-villain is almost perfect. While the attitude of world weariness that the mid-twenties narrator strikes is more comical than convincing, we have here a real slice from the quiche of life. Recommended. Carl Vogel, San Francisco P.L.
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- PublisherAlyson Books
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 1555831494
- ISBN 13 9781555831493
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages170
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 168 page novel. Best friends David and Katherine, were both looking for one man to spend the rest of their lives with. They found him. Unmarked, tight and clean. Seller Inventory # 520168
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