LESBIANA

39. THE KING OF A RAINY COUNTRY by Brigid Brophy. Alfred A. Knopf, o1956.

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A poignant novel about a young girl who lives with Neale, a young homosexual male, without benefit of wedlock. They both become enamored with the picture of a girl named Cynthia out of the past life of the protagonist. After searching all over the world for Cynthia, she finds that her love for her is only a childhood memory. At the end of the book she meets and falls in love with a famous singer, Helena, but as they are about to be united Helena is killed in a plane crash.

21 VARIATIONS ON A THEME edited by Donald Webster Cory. Greenberg, 1953.

A fascinating anthology of homophilic short stories out of which four deal with Lesbian themes:

Ruth and Irma, a moving portrait of a carefree "lost" generation abroad.

Paul's Mistress, an unusual study of the tolerance and levity displayed toward deviation in France.

Long in Populous City Pent, a memorable story of a "mixed homophilic" marriage.

The Knife of the Times, the story of a long-lost wish fulfilled.

MURDER IN MONACO by John Flagg. Fawcett Books (Gold Medal Books), 1957.

A penny dreadful thriller, poorly written, but fast and a good way to lose an evening. Of the seven main characters, four are Lesbians, and the others never come alive as these four do. The entire axis of the book depends on their homosexuality.