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Obsessions
A collection of strikingly original short stories by Scottish novelist Joseph Mills, author of one of the highly praised Towards the End. These stories -- some of which have not previously been published -- are written with a wry wit and a sense of the off-beat and the erotic. Observations of aspects of gay life (and the many obsessions that fuel it) mingle with stories that prophesy and extraordinary future.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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July 19, 2024
This is a collection of short stories (and one novella) written in the 1990's by a Scottish author. None of the stories managed to grab me. Sometimes I had difficulty knowing which character was speaking — if there is a "Robert" and a "William" which one was who again?
Lots of expository bits. "Show, don't tell" is apparently not big in gay Scottish fiction.
Perhaps it's simply a matter of voice. To my ear, the stories needed editing. Perhaps to a Scottish reader, they would be perfect.
That cover though. There was a time when every gay book had to have a variation of that cover.
Lots of expository bits. "Show, don't tell" is apparently not big in gay Scottish fiction.
Perhaps it's simply a matter of voice. To my ear, the stories needed editing. Perhaps to a Scottish reader, they would be perfect.
That cover though. There was a time when every gay book had to have a variation of that cover.
Displaying 1 of 1 review