The Gay Place by Billy Lee Brammer

The Gay Place by Billy Lee Brammer

Set in Texas, The Gay Place consists of three interlocking novels, each with a different protagonist--a member of the state legislature, the state's junior senator, and the governor's press secretary. The governor himself, Arthur Fenstemaker, a master politician, infinitely canny and seductive, remains the dominant figure throughout. Billy Lee Brammer--who served on Lyndon Johnson's staff--gives us here the excitement of a political carnival: the sideshows, the freaks, and the ghoulish comedy atmosphere (Saturday Review). Originally published in 1961, The Gay Place is at once a cult classic and a major American novel.

An acute portrait of the capitol city’s politics and social mores, circa the fifties* Texas Monthly *

Billy Lee Brammer (1929–1978) was a journalist and political staffer.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780292708310
ISBN 10	0292708319
Title	The Gay Place
Author	Billy Lee Brammer
Series	Texas Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Texas Press
Year published	1995-03-01
Number of pages	560
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