LGBTQ* Pulp Novel ‘Blurbs’
Below are jacket cover blurbs from gay (male) novels of the 1950s/1960s
“He had to choose — a half world or a world of woman’s love” Man Divided (1954) by Dean Douglas
“Part story, part heartbeat, part lowdown song, about the guys who pay the price for everything…” Lonely Boys Blues (1956) by Alan Kapelner
“They lived in fear, loved in secret.” Twilight Men (1957) by Andre Tellier
“Most men fal in love with women, but some men fall in love with themselves” Muscle Boy (1958) by Bud Clifton
“Twilight lives of talent and torment, made-man-for-man in a world of dance.” Mr Ballerina (1961) by Ronn Marvin
“Women lusted after this handsome virile jazzman… It took him years of agony to realize he wanted a man. — This time, his partner is a man.” Hot Pants Homo (1964) by Percy Fenster
“A love or his lady…and his laddie.” AC/DC Stud (1965) Victor Jay
“He came to camp!” Stranger at the Door (1967) by Don Holiday