Rat Bohemia

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First published in 1995, this award-winning novel is a bold, achingly honest novel set in the rat bohemia of New York City, whose huddled masses include gay men and lesbians abandoned by their families and forced to find new bonds. Navigating the currents are three friends: Rita, a rat exterminator; Killer, a plant-waterer; and David, an HIV+ writer; together, they seek new ways to be truthful and honest about their lives, as others around them avert their glances. This 2008 edition includes a new introduction by the author.

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My surrender to Rat Bohemia is a testimonial to its gimlet-eyed accuracy, its zero-degree honesty. It blows the traditional novel off its hinges.--New York Times Book Review Highly recommended.... resonates with depth and emotion.--Library Journal Fresh and original.... Fiction with a purpose.--San Francisco Chronicle Unmistakably authentic and deeply moving.--New York Post Dazzling.--LA Weekly

Author Bio

Sarah Schulman is the author of eleven previous books, including eight novels, the latest being The Child (2006). As a journalist, her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, and Interview. She has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and two American Library Association Gay & Lesbian Book Awards. She lives in New York.