num_pages: 270
description: Kevin Bentley faithfully kept a frank, literate diary of his experiences as a young gay man living in San Francisco in the 1970s. In passages that are arousing, thoughtful, and funny, he details a scene of unrivaled sexual hedonism. First and foremost an erotic record, Wild Animals I Have Known is also the diary of a bookish, terrified, exuberantly promiscuous, and laughably romantic gay man’s exploits during the heyday of San Francisco’s gay bohemia. “[Bentley’s] writing is direct, intelligent, savagely funny, and very, very erotic.” — Kevin Dax, author of D.O.C. Lust Letters
language: English
title: Wild Animals I Have Known
titlecomplete: Wild Animals I Have Known
genres: Queer, LGBT, Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Gay
ratings_count: 168
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Autobiography/Memoir
publisher: Green Candy Press