false 67699 10 After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veteran's hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie's schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie's life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience. <br><br>Originally published in the United States in 1959, <b>The Charioteer</b> is a bold, unapologetic portrayal of male homosexuality during World War II that stands with Gore Vidal's <b>The City and the Pillar</b> and Christopher Isherwood's <b>Berlin Stories</b> as a monumental work in gay literature. 2758240 book 1953 The Charioteer total:214|5:88|4:60|3:55|2:6|1:5| 214 861 322 29 5 5 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Sep 07 13:53:23 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 14:06:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jul 05 16:33:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 10:55:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 01 18:38:13 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 18:24:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 26 08:52:15 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 11:22:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon May 12 23:24:49 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 23:26:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 19:11:15 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 18:19:29 -0700 2008 Once more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Sun Sep 27 14:24:29 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 15:10:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 13:59:52 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:49:29 -0700 2009 The Dark Horse by Josh Lanyon. In that story the main character is an actor who is hoping to be chosen for the role of Laurie in a film adaptation of "The Charioteer". The story draws some parallels between the characters of Sean and Dan in The Dark horse a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 05 06:57:26 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 07:04:54 -0800 2008
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