The Gay Place

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480461031

<DIV><DIV><b>&ldquo;The best novel about American politics in our time.&rdquo; &mdash;Willie Morris</b></div><DIV><BR>Set deep in the heart of Texas,&#160;<i>The Gay Place</i>&#160;consists of three interlocking novels&mdash;<i>The Flea Circus</i>,<i>&#160;Room Enough to Caper</i>, and<i>&#160;Country Pleasures</i>&mdash;each with a different protagonist. Unifying the stories is Texas governor Arthur Fenstemaker, a canny master politician modeled on Lyndon Johnson, for whom the author served as a press aide. The governor uses any means necessary to do what needs to be done, while the other characters struggle with their conflicts of marriage and family, love and lust.</div><DIV><BR>Originally published in 1961,&#160;<i>The Gay Place</i>&#160;withstands the test of time&mdash;the themes of power, money, and family are eternally resonant. At once a political novel and a character study, Billy Lee Brammer&rsquo;s classic stands among the best novels about the Lone Star state.</div><DIV></div></div>