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Goodmans Hotel
As pressure mounts in his job in the City of London, Mark decides on a radical career change, and sets up a gay hotel--the Goodmans Hotel. He is irresistibly attracted to Tom, a local handyman, and he takes in an 18-year-old runaway, Darren, who is escaping from his parents’ religious bigotry. Mark comes to think of Tom, Darren, and Tom's boss, Andrew as his family. Then a crisis forces Mark and Tom apart, until eventually the family is reconciled and reunited in the final chapter, their understanding of life deepened by the challenges that they have faced. Download this FREE e-Book today!
As pressure mounts in his job in the City of London, Mark decides on a radical career change, and sets up a gay hotel--the Goodmans Hotel. He is irresistibly attracted to Tom, a local handyman, and he takes in an 18-year-old runaway, Darren, who is escaping from his parents’ religious bigotry. Mark comes to think of Tom, Darren, and Tom's boss, Andrew as his family. Then a crisis forces Mark and Tom apart, until eventually the family is reconciled and reunited in the final chapter, their understanding of life deepened by the challenges that they have faced. Download this FREE e-Book today!
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About Alan Keslian
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I have experienced and benefited from the huge change in attitudes towards Gay men and Lesbians in England and elsewhere during recent decades. During my teenage years, in the UK any sex between men was a crime, whereas now civil partnership offers a legal status on a par with marriage, and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is increasingly outlawed. This transformation has huge implications for gay relationships, and my motive in writing is to explore the impact of this new freedom and portray its effects. My first novel, Goodmans Hotel, was published in 2003. My second, a more humorous book, Closer Than Breathing - A Light Gay Odyssey - came out in 2009. I believe my readers’ time is valuable, and try hard not to waste it.
I live with my partner in West London, and am a member of GALHA, the UK based Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association.
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Closer Than Breathing - A Light Gay Odyssey
By: Alan Keslian
This novel tells the story of Ben, a young gay man new to the metropolis, who is confronted by a series of odd, eccentric people, including drug dealers, goths, psychics, veteran author Loyd Larcher, and aging rock musicians, Rick Schwagger and Heath Prityards. Ben survives the dangers of the world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, engaging all comers with goodwill and good humor. Making use of o...
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By: Charles Dickens
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