Acknowledgments
As always, thanks to my indulgent and thoughtful editor, John Scognamiglio; my industrious agent, Malaga Baldi; my partner, soulmate, and husband, Timothy Huber; and—especially—my loyal readers. You can reach me at www.williamjmann.com.
About the Author
William J. Mann is best known for his studies of Hollywood and the American film industry, especially Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn, named a Notable Book of 2006 by the New York Times, and Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand, published in 2012. He is also the author of Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines, for which he won the Lambda Literary Award, Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger, and How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood, which Publishers Weekly described as “like gorging on a chocolate sundae.” He is also the author of six novels.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Portions of this work first appeared, in slightly different versions, in the following anthologies:
His 2: Brilliant New Gay Fiction (eds. Robert Drake and Terry Wolverton), Boston: Faber and Faber, 1997.
Shadows of Love (ed. Charles Jurrist), Boston: Alyson Publications, 1988.
Shadows of the Night (ed. Greg Herren), New York: Harrington Park Press, 2004.
Sons of Darkness (eds. Michael Rowe and Thomas S. Roche), San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1996.
Copyright © 2005 by William J. Mann
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