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Fairyland

by Sumner Locke Elliott · 1990

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A vivid and captivating novel which charts the narrator's coming of age in Sydney, Australia, his move to America, his writing career, and his unfulfilled search for love. From the author of Waiting for Childhood.

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gaygayMore like thisLess of thisLGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
Themes
LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 249 pages

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