John Rechy
John Rechy's City of Night was a groundbreaking novel of male hustling and gay underground culture that brought an unacknowledged subculture into American fiction with poetic force. He is a foundational figure of gay American literature.
Works
- City of NightMale hustler travels through America's underworld exploring sexuality, loneliness, and survival
- Numbers
- This Day's Death
- The VampiresDark psychological novel exploring exploitation and predatory desire in urban settings
- Bodies and SoulsCollection of interconnected stories examining desire, mortality, and the human condition