Jack the Modernist
Jack the Modernist
Author: Robert Glück
Desc: Set in the early 1980's Robert Glück's first novel Jack the Modernist has become a classic of postmodern gay fiction. Bob is excited and lonely. He meets and pursues the elusive Jack a director who is able to transform others without altering himself. Bob goes to the baths gossips on the phone goes to a bar thinks about werewolves has an orgasm and discovers a number of truths about Jack. A paean to love and obsession Glück's novel explores the everyday in a language that is both intimate and lush. "Robert Glück has found a new way of making fiction passionate. This novel is a strange exhilarating love story rich with invention and observation." -Edmund White