Oct 09 2008
Longhorns by Victor J. Banis
One of my guilty pleasures is to collect Western pulp fiction paperbacks with homoerotic book covers, along with the campy gay pulp fiction as well. Rarely do the two genres meet; the Westerns never have gay characters, and the early gay pulps often fail in authenticity, with few exceptions.
One author who straddles both genres is Victor J. Banis, whose novel Longhorns will please fans of gay and western fiction. As one of the last products of the sadly defunct Carroll & Graf gay fiction wing, Banis’ latest book gently blends elements of a standard romance, erotica, and traditional Western pulp fiction. It’s like Brokeback Mountain without so much angst.
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