The action in this mid-twentieth century erotic romp is non-stop, and yet it does not preclude the deployment of an actual plot with historical plausibility.
Having weathered the perils of Book One, wherein our hero Alan Steele has lost every hair upon his body in a racking fever but also snared a fortune, his bosom comrades join him in designing and outfitting a pirate ship and crew like no other. By book's end they shall be known far and wide as the 'Golden Devils', living a utopian experiment in male/male bonding and wreaking revenge upon their oppressors, both among the British and the Spaniards.
It's not their problem that the famous Henry Morgan's biographer finds their exploits implausible, even as he's scribbling them down.
As Andrew P Media remarks,
'Moreover, the story provides a lovely vision of how things could and should be for gay men in the world. Written in the late sixties, one can imagine a bit of the free love movement and gay liberation sloganeering swarming inside the author’s brain. Consider this excerpt from one of Alan’s rousing speeches:
"Strip a man of his clothing and let him be proud of his pego and ballocks and he becomes a beautiful creature. Given cause he can fight ferociously, and yet with pego aroused for pleasure he can love tenderly, much preferring loving to fighting."'
Like the other titles in the series, it's well worth preserving. Kudos to Riverdale Avenue Books.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2555205830
Having weathered the perils of Book One, wherein our hero Alan Steele has lost every hair upon his body in a racking fever but also snared a fortune, his bosom comrades join him in designing and outfitting a pirate ship and crew like no other. By book's end they shall be known far and wide as the 'Golden Devils', living a utopian experiment in male/male bonding and wreaking revenge upon their oppressors, both among the British and the Spaniards.
It's not their problem that the famous Henry Morgan's biographer finds their exploits implausible, even as he's scribbling them down.
As Andrew P Media remarks,
'Moreover, the story provides a lovely vision of how things could and should be for gay men in the world. Written in the late sixties, one can imagine a bit of the free love movement and gay liberation sloganeering swarming inside the author’s brain. Consider this excerpt from one of Alan’s rousing speeches:
"Strip a man of his clothing and let him be proud of his pego and ballocks and he becomes a beautiful creature. Given cause he can fight ferociously, and yet with pego aroused for pleasure he can love tenderly, much preferring loving to fighting."'
Like the other titles in the series, it's well worth preserving. Kudos to Riverdale Avenue Books.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2555205830
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