Giovanni's Room Lei Zhang ' - Clare Coombe-Tennant

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Giovanni's Room Lei Zhang ' - Clare Coombe-TennantBaldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with