Hold Tight
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155611074X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 281 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
They hope to use clandestine sexuality to retrieve clandestine intelligence. The brothel is rumored to be a hangout for Nazi spies and the Navy forces Hank to go undercover as a prostitute. However, after Hank becomes friendly with a black teenager named Juke, nothing seems to go as planned. After being arrested in a gay brothel in New York during a raid, Seaman Second Class Hank Fayette doesn't understand why his homosexual activities are grounds for imprisonment. A World War II sailor works in a New York City brothel - for his country. Hold Tight is a World War II thriller set in the Big Band era, a world where sexuality and race can be equally dangerous.
John Rice said Interesting possibilities. Hank is a sailor during WW II, who comes from Texas and has had no problem is accepting his homosexuality!!?? While trying out a brotherl in NY, he gets arrested. Tied into this story is a movie projectionist and his daughter who are Nazi spies. A clo. Great Writing But Not Sure of What It Wants To Be Bryan A. Pfleeger Christopher Bram writes extremely well however this is not Bram at his best. A few years ago I read Father of Frankenstein and was impressed with the depth that Bram gave to his characters and settings. He literally brought the reader into the now gon. great gay read this was a great peak into the past and what role the gay men could have in war time.great spy novel with the added gay story line.Bram has never disappointed me.big thumbs up
A widely published book and film critic whose work appears in numerous publications across the country, he lives in New York City. . Christopher Bram is the author of five previous novels, including Father of Frankenstein (Dutton/Plume), which is currently being developed into a film with C
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. There is graphic sex here, but Bram uses it adroitly either to further the spy story, or to explain the undercurrents of real feeling he poignantly conveys. . 30,000 first printing; first serial to Christopher Street. Bram makes the characters believable, and he takes care not to be anachronistic: by keeping the awkward relationships in their pre-gay-liberation context, he captures the tensions between blacks and whites and gays and non-gays in the New York of the period. From Publishers Weekly The clever premise of this frothy espionage novel by the author of Surprising Myself is that during World War II there was a gay brothel in lower Manhattan that may have been a hangout for Nazi agents (a rumor of its existence sparked t