The Age Of Cities

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A manuscript is discovered inside a hollowed-out home economics textbook: it is the story of a young man from a small town who comes to the big city at the height of the Cold War. His accidental discovery of a gay subculture culminates in a feverish, dreamlike initiation that pushes him irrevocably towards crisis. This is a novel about discovery, loss and the contemporary |closet| where stories lie hidden from view.

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An intriguing find for the ongoing dialogue on, and revision of, the Canadian canon. A.X. Palios has unearthed that rarest of finds: a novel that makes us rethink an era.Tamas Dobozy, author of "Last Notes and Other Stories" and "When X Equals Marylou"--Tamas Dobozy "Tamas Dobozy "
Exquisitely crafted and rich with detail, the dexterous prose of Grubisic's novel makes for a most beguiling and confident debut. Suffused with sentences both meticulous and insightful, and flavored with sly humor, one lingers over them, savoring their pleasure like that of a delectable meal.D. Travers Scott, author of "One of These Things is Not Like the Other"--D. Travers Scott "D. Travers Scott "

Author Bio

Brett Josef Grubisic is the author of the novel The Age of Cities (Arsenal, 2006) and the editor of Contra/Diction: New Queer Male Fiction (Arsenal, 1998)and co-editor (with Carellin Brooks) of Carnal Nation: Brave New Sex Fictions (Arsenal, 2000). He teaches English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.