| Where the Boys Are | 
 enlarge | Author: William J. Mann
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1026158
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0758203268
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780758203267
ASIN: 0758203268
Publication Date: September 29, 2003
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 If "Character is plot" - here's a plotless book for you. January 6, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've struggled through some boring novels in my time - but this takes the biscuit! I bought it because Mann's books on Hollywood gay life are so well researched and, above all, written in a fluent grown-up style. After over half a century of being gay and "out" I felt my first feelings of homophobia- Yes Virginia gay men CAN be homophobic !Or maybe they were feelings of USaphobia - no, I have too many American ftiends -gay and straight- to even consider that possibility. The book is a gay Soap Opera - nothing wrong with that of course -Maupin did it with wit and a wicked sense of pastiche- but whereas one cares deeply for his wacky characters - the "boys" in this story are without exception jaw breakers [I mean boring, Virginia, BORING!]If the shallowness of their lives were the subject of the book, there might be a positive point to it all- but they are gay stereotypes all and indistinguishable one from the other. I finished the book only because I wanted to write a review and couln't in good conscience do so if I hadn't yawned my way through the whole whole 426 pages.
 Love and Life's Trials July 21, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
William Mann's newest release WTBA is a fitting sequel to Men from the Boys. For all of us who were eagerly awaiting to find out what happened to Lloyd and Jeff since we last saw them at the end of the first book, we are not disappointed. Several years have passed and the author skillfully weaves a tale of friendships, love affairs, body image, sexual trysts, obsessions, delusions, broken hearts, new found affections, death, circuit parties, drugs, and most important of all, the all too human truth that the lives we create for ourselves are vitally linked to each other.
I would even venture to say that by placing this book in the "gay" section we are doing a disservice to the author, for it mirrors the emotions of life-no matter what your sexual preference.
Each chapter is told from a different viewpoint of the various characters. In this way the reader is treated to a multitude of perspectives and is able to identify, and in many cases sympathize with their feelings, even when they seem skewed !
For those who find fault that the "mystery" element is too obvious from early on, it is clearly done to show that often what is quite apparent to some can be totally oblivious to others, when emotions rule their brain. Or as Jerome Kern so quaintly put it, "when your heart's on fire, smoke gets in your eyes".
An enjoyable read which makes you rethink the way you look at your friends and partners.
i need to work out more April 19, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
muscles a go go here, makes me feel very inadequate. Good book, although if youre not a muscle bound a-gay it wont exactly be familar ground to you. Well written, likable-ish characters, -you can however see the one and only plot twist about 3 billion miles off. Oh and the only female character is a fruit loop bunny boiler so not one for the ladies.
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