description: In their teens Jim Willard and Bob Ford share a moment of sexual intimacy. Jim will spend later years searching for the recreation of that moment. When the opportunity occurs, it explodes in violence and pain.
language: English
title: The City and the Pillar
titlecomplete: The City and the Pillar
characters: Bob Ford, Jim Willard, Paul Sullivan, Maria Verlaine, Ronald Shaw
genres: Classics, American, LGBT, Gay, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 9103
places: New Orleans, Louisiana, Los Angeles, California, Rome, Denver, Colorado, Virginia, New York City, New York, Hollywood, California, The United States of America
publisher: Ballantine Books