The Low Road - James Lear

Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped has long been considered a masterpiece of high adventure. In THE LOW ROAD James Lear reinvents this classic as a satirical queer coming-of-age story. In 1705 Scotland young Charles Gordon reaches adulthood ignorant of his family's heroic past in the Jacobite Rebellion. He sets out to discover the truth about his father but instead is kidnapped by mercenaries and sold into slavery as the plaything of a group of corrupt military officials. But Charlie's talents in and out of bed win him powerful friends as well as dangerous foes. The false priest Lebecque violent Captain Robert depraved General Wilmott - all contribute to Charlie's education. Eventually leading a makeshift army of -crazed layabouts Charlie faces the might of the English forces. Will he triumph or is it better to retreat to the safety of his sybaritic lifestyle? James Lear expertly interweaves spies and counterspies scheming servants and sadistic captains tavern trysts and prison orgies into this delightfully erotic work that can take its place alongside his acclaimed novels The Back Passage and Hot Valley.

TITLE: The Low Road

AUTHOR: James Lear

SKU: 9781573443647

PUBLISHER: Cleis Press

DATE PUBLISHED: 10/08/2009

PLACE PUBLISHED: United States

PAGES: 272

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 127 mm x 203 mm

WEIGHT: 0 gr