An edition of The last of the wine
(1956)
The last of the wine
2nd Vintage Books ed.
by Mary Renault and Charlotte Mendelson
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August 6, 2023 | History
The Last of the Wine is Mary Renault's first novel set in ancient Greece, the setting that would become her most important arena. The novel was published in 1956 and is the second of her works to feature male homosexuality as a major theme. It was a bestseller within the gay community.
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Fiction, Greece Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C., History, Male friendship, Men, Young men, Peloponnesian War (Greece : 431-404 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353967, Fiction, historical, Greece, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, LGBTQ historical fiction, LGBTQ novels before StonewallPlaces
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"When I was a young boy, if I was sick or in trouble, or had been beaten at school, I used to remember that on the day I was born my father had wanted to kill me."
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| August 6, 2023 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
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