Butterfly Man Lew Levenson 1950s Gay Pulp Novel Queer Classic Castle Books HC
$ 34.32
Description
Butterfly Man Lew Levenson 1950s Gay Pulp Novel Queer Classic Castle Books HC. Butterfly Man by Lew Levenson — Castle Books, New York (circa 1950s). Butterfly Man by Lew Levenson — Castle Books, New York (circa 1950s). A scarce reissue of one of the earliest American novels to explore gender identity and same-sex desire. Billed as “the untold story of the half-world where men and women are no longer men or women,” it follows Ken Gracey, a handsome Texan drawn into Hollywood and Broadway’s shadow society of secret passions and self-discovery. Hardcover with original red and black dust jacket showing abstract face design. Clean, tight pages with mild toning; light shelfwear to jacket. A cult-favorite mid-century “third sex” title—highly collectible among vintage gay, pulp, and sociology readers. --- gay pulp, queer fiction, LGBTQ vintage, third sex, mid-century novel, Castle Books, Lew Levenson, 1950s literature, collectible hardcover, forbidden love
