LESBIANA

169. THE KIS,ING FISH BY MONIQUE LANGE. N. Y., CRITERION, 1960. (AVAILABLE THROUGH WINSTON BOOK SERVICE, 250 FULTON AVE., HEMPSTEAD, N. Y., $2. 75.)

THE WORLD OF "THE BOYS" SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF ANNE, A FAR FROM NORMAL YOUNG WOMAN. DISAPPOINTED IN MEN AND VICTIMIZED EMOTIONALLY BY BERNARD, AN OLDER MAN WHO CLEVERLY CONCEALS HIS OWN CHINESE ROOM, SHE TURNS TO THE "KISSING FISH" FOR COMPANIONSHIP AND PSEUDO-LOVE. DRESSED AS A YOUNG BOY WITH CROPPED HAIR, ANNE AND HER GAY FRIENDS CRUISE MADLY THROUGH PARIS, VENICE, AND SPAIN. THE DEATH OF ONE BOY AND THE DISCOVERY OF BERNARD'S SECRET CLIMAX THE BOOK. A NEARLY-PERFECT GEM OF UNUBUAL INTEREST, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE, UNADORNED PROSE.

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THE YOUNG HOMOSEXUALS OF PARIS

170. WATER OF LIFE BY HENRY MORTON ROBINSON. SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 1960.

"WATER OF LIFE" IN THIS CASE IS WHISKEY AND THIS 600-PAGE NOVEL CONCERNS THE LIVES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN WHISKEY MAKERS, THE WOODHULL FAMILY. QUINCE WOODHULL, SECOND DAUGHTER OF ANSON WOODHULL, OPPOSES THE MAKING OF WHISKEY AND ON REACHING MATURITY BECOMES A LEADING FIGURE IN THE CTU. AS SECRETARY TO MARY HUNTER, WOMAN'S RIGHTIST, SHE PLAYS A ROLE IN THE FORMING OF THE 18TH AMENDMENT. AS IVARY HUNTER'S LOVER, SHE PLAYS A ROLE OF INTEREST TO THE READERS OF THIS COLUMN. THE AUTHOR MAKES CLEAR HIS APPROVAL OF THE RELATIONSHIP.

171. VAN A ONG BOMEN BY RANDY SALEM. BEACON Books, 1960.

AUTHOR OF LAST YEAR'S EXCELLENT CHRIS, RANDY SALEM HAS WRITTEN ANOTHER TOP-NOTCH LESBIAN PAPERBACK. SURPRISINGLY, THE STORY LINE IS MALE-ORIENTED, BUT DESPITE THIS CFAWBACK IT IS A SUPERIOR PAPERBACK, FULL OF WELL-DRAWN, CONVINCING LESBIANS.

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