Boyopolis
Subtitle: sex and politics in gay Eastern Europe
By: Stan Persky.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Woodstock, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: Persky, Stan, 1941-; Gay men -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography.; Gay men -- Germany -- Berlin -- Social conditions.; Gay men -- Europe, Eastern -- History.; Gay men -- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions.
Description: Cruising the chaotic world of the mind and body that emerged in post-Communist Eastern Europe, Stan Persky, author of the gay underground bestseller Buddy's: Meditations on Desire, witnessed first-hand the sexual and political demi-monde that flourished during this period of upheaval. In these provocative pieces about his odyssey, Persky fascinatingly and intelligently lays bare the underbelly of Berlin - its "boyopolis" - a world of gay bars, houses of pleasure and cabarets.

As a gay writer, a teacher of philosophy and a journalist who grew up in Chicago in a Jewish/Italian neighborhood during the Cold War, Persky has a fascinating take on the reanimation of Berlin, whose underground thrived earlier in the century as chronicled by Isherwood, Spender and others.
Notes: Originally published: Then we take Berlin. Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, 1995.