The Moralist - Softcover

Downey, Rod

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16 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1887650407 ISBN 13: 9781887650403

Publisher: Factor Press, 2004

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Fifty-year-old "spin doctor" Red Rover volunteers for a creative writing mentoring program and falls in love with his twelve-year-old protege Jonathan. Over the next year and a half, as their relationship and the boy matures, Red becomes outraged by the witch-hunt hysteria gripping the nation. When his best friend's house is burned, he decides to act, even if it means threatening his love for Jonathan.

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About the Author:

Rod Downey is an author, playwright, journalist, and communications consultant. His plays include Dirty Pictures, The Boy Lover, and The Black Orange. His short stories have appeared in Gayme magazine. He has also written articles and critical reviews for numerous newspapers and magazines.

Review:

"Provocative... nicely wrought...The Moralist romps... through contemporary homosexuality ... and the rhetorical challenge of defending eros across an age difference." -- The Guide (Boston area), November, 2004

The Moralist is worth reading because it brings much needed light to a subject generally considered taboo. -- Key West Celebrate!

The Moralist takes on the child-abuse witch hunt with a comic vengeance." -- In Los Angeles

The Moralist...expresses a radical moral perspective that challenges contemporary ethical thought..." -- Dr. Frits Bernard, author of Costa Brava

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