David McConnell (3)
Autor(a) de American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men
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About the Author
David McConnell is the author of the acclaimed novels The Silver Hearted (a finalist for Lambda and Ferro-Grumley awards) and Firebrat. His short fiction and journalism have appeared widely in magazines and anthologies, including the Literary Review (UK), Granta, and Prospect(UK). He lives in New mostrar mais York City. For more information, visit www.davidmcconnell.com. mostrar menos
Obras por David McConnell
Associated Works
Who’s Yer Daddy?: Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and Forerunners (2012) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 94
- Popularidade
- #199,202
- Avaliação
- 3.3
- Críticas
- 17
- ISBN
- 28
This book is not what I expected at all. From the blurb and the cover, I was expecting and looking forward to an insightful academic treatment of toxic masculinity, but McConnell’s analysis fell short here. Instead, as other reviewers have said, this is more of a true crime genre presentation of several murders of gay men.
That being said, the journalistic styling delivers an emotional gut punch underscored by the gray ambiguity of McConnell’s profiles.
The descriptions of each murder are extremely graphic and I did have a hard time getting through the entire book for that reason as well.… (mais)