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Article: The 100 best gay books.
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- June 22, 1999
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This month, by special arrangement, The Advocate is first to announce the 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels, as selected by the Publishing Triangle, an association of gay men and lesbians in publishing. This is the most authoritative ranking yet of gay and lesbian fiction throughout history, Offering a few reflections on this literary coming-of-age is Advocate literary critic Robert Plunket.
When I saw Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov on the Publishing Triangle's brand-new list of the 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels, I knew it was a brilliant list I've been telling people for years what a gay book it is, only to meet with blank stares. And now here it is at number ...