Wch of Ash and Ru by E. Latimer (YA Bisexual Fantasy) Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle (YA Bi/Lbian Fantasy) At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (Gay Historil Fictn) Stir-Fry by Emma Donoghue (Contemporary Lbian Fictn) The Heart's Invisible Furi by John Boyne (Gay Historil Fictn) Bon: Comg up 2020,…
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- TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE
- BT NOVELS WH A GAY ROMANCE AND CRIME SOLVG PLOT/SUBPLOT
- WHY SEBASTIAN BARRY’S NEW BOOK WAS SPIRED BY HIS GAY SON
- AT SWIM, TWO BOYS IS A GREAT IRISH NOVEL, AND A GROUNDBREAKG GAY LOVE STORY
- AT SWIM, TWO BOYS IS A GREAT IRISH NOVEL, A GAY LOVE STORY BUT SO MUCH MORE
- 10 QUTNS WH IRISH GAY AUTHOR OF ‘THE MOTH AND MOON’, GLENN QUIGLEY
TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE
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Quare Fellas: New Irish Gay Wrg. At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (Gay Historil Fictn). The Heart’s Invisible Furi by John Boyne (Gay Historil Fictn).
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10 QUTNS WH IRISH GAY AUTHOR OF ‘THE MOTH AND MOON’, GLENN QUIGLEY
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