num_pages: 560
description: Set in Texas, The Gay Place consists of three interlocking novels, each with a different protagonist—a member of the state legislature, the state's junior senator, and the governor's press secretary. The governor himself, Arthur Fenstemaker, a master politician, infinitely canny and seductive, remains the dominant figure throughout. Billy Lee Brammer—who served on Lyndon Johnson's staff—gives us here "the excitement of a political the sideshows, the freaks, and the ghoulish comedy atmosphere" (Saturday Review). Originally published in 1961, The Gay Place is at once a cult classic and a major American novel.
language: English
title: The Gay Place
titlecomplete: The Gay Place (Texas Classics)
genres: Fiction, Politics, Literature, American History, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 405
places: Texas
publisher: University of Texas Press