From Violent Men

by Daniel Curzon

An account of an attempt to assassinate a San Francisco Supervisor who is in prison for a short time even though he has killed a gay Supervisor. ( the murder of Harvey Milk)

248 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 1983

About the author

Born Daniel Russell Brown, Curzon is an American author and playwright.

Curzon has published stories in The Kenyon Review, Descant, Christopher Street, The Oregon Review, Pannus Index, and many other magazines. His stories have been anthologized in Mae West Is Dead (Faber and Faber), Man of My Dreams (Chronicle Books), Aphrodisiac (Coward-McCann), and several other collections.

His play "Godot Arrives" won the 1999 National New Play Contest Award from the Southwest Theatre Association.

Reviews

[Andrea Love · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book covers subject matter that is outside the bounds of what I have been exposed to, but I have been looking for a book that pushes me out of my comfort zone while still being an engaging read. This book fills those requirements. It is revealing and detailed chronicling the social injustice as well as aspects of a way of life which many people, me included, were only vaguely aware of and may not fully understand. The characters are enjoyable and nicely developed, but there was an emotional distance that was maintained throughout, as the author succicntly includes many points of view to describe the turmoil of the time.