num_pages: 352
description: Ralph Eckhart meets "Thersites" on the Internet. The manager of a Greenwich Village bookstore and politically to the left, Ralph agrees to an F2F (face-to-face) meeting with Thersites in Washington, D.C., where his friend Nancy writes speeches for a popular woman senator. With his penchant for Shakespearean drama, Ralph should have seen the elements gathering for tragedy...or farce. Thersites proves to be a young, attractive, and enthusiastic lover. He is also Republican, in the closet, right-wing, and the author of a tell-all book that spreads gossip about several Washington women, including a footnote about a lesbian affair between a speechwriter and a "happily married" senator. In a town where rumors can kill a career, such words may be fatal. And despite his passion, Ralph is disturbed by his new lover's politics...and then stunned at being charged with his murder. Christopher Bram joins dark satire with chilling suspense as Ralph is arrested for first-degree homicide and becomes a "cause" in the gay community.
language: English
title: Gossip
titlecomplete: Gossip
genres: 20th Century, Queer, Novels, Gay Fiction, LGBT, Gay, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 182
places: New York City, New York, Washington, D.C.
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Men's Fiction
publisher: Plume