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Tim and Pete (Ringpull 898) - Hardcover

Baker, James Robert.

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9781898051220: Tim and Pete (Ringpull 898)
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ISBN 10: 1898051224 ISBN 13: 9781898051220
Publisher: Ringpull, 1995

Synopsis

Sexy, gripping, and utterly unrepressed, Tim and Pete is a freewheeling symposium on the themes of sex, art, homophobia, and radical gay terrorism". A nihilistic joyride through post-apocalyptic L.A. full of love gone bad, bitter humor, AIDS activism, and sex, drugs, and rock & roll".--David B. Feinberg, author of Eighty-Sixed.

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About the Author

James Robert Baker is the author of five other novels: Testosterone, Boy Wonder, Fuel Injected Dreams, Adrenaline and Right Wing (published on the Internet). Baker was a filmmaker whose film Mouse Klub Konfidential, about a Mouseketeer turned gay-bondage filmmaker, is credited with driving Michael Medved away from filmmaking. On November 5, 1997, he committed suicide.

From Library Journal

This is a deliciously subversive novel designed to raise the hackles of moral majority types while offering satiric expression to the revenge fantasies of many a gay male. It involves the reconciliation of two ex-lovers, a harried 24-hour road trip through the streets of Los Angeles and the memories of 20 years (from tea rooms to bath houses to AIDS), and the anger that is sure to build among those without hope. The anger is reflected in a plot by four HIV-positive anarchists to assassinate ex-President Reagan by blowing him up during a church service. When Tim and Pete stumble onto the plot, they convince the assassins to choose a new target: a meeting of the American Family Foundation, where, they argue, there would be fewer "innocent" victims. Undoubtedly, there will be those who see this book as "dangerous," but that is nonsense. It is instead an example of the use of fantasy to release pent-up anger and make a point. Sure to be popular with "subversive" elements of the gay and straight communities alike, it is recommended especially for sophisticated collections.
- David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Publisher
Ringpull
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1898051224
ISBN 13 
9781898051220
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Rating
  • 3.81 out of 5 stars
    322 ratings by Goodreads