Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction, this novel by Daniel Allen Cox (Shuck; Basement of Wolves) is an incendiary...

Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award and Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction, this novel by Daniel Allen Cox (Shuck; Basement of Wolves) is an incendiary story about two pyromaniacs who fight homophobia in Krakow, one of the fronts of the Solidarnosc revolution. It's 2005 and Poland's moral crisis escalates as Pope John Paul II approaches death while the country's president makes homophobic declarations. Radek is a bisexual artist convinced that fire is the great stabilizer; he meets Dorota, literature student and budding pyromaniac. Driven by rage and sexual curiosity, they buck Church, government, and the LGBT community to find sexual freedom, escaping their enemies by scaling the crumbling walls and ideas of the city.

Author: Daniel Allen Cox
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 08/17/2010
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.64w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781551523729


Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Triangle Awards - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2010
Publishers Weekly 08/30/2010 pg. 29

About the Author

Daniel Allen Cox: Daniel Allen Cox is the author of Shuck (2008), shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award and the ReLit Award (Canada) for best novel. He is also a columnist for Capital Xtra! in Ottawa, Canada.