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Bodies and souls: a novel, by John Rechy. There is a section in Los Angeles where all its freeways or their extensions converge into a twisted concrete star connecting all the parts of the city, its varied lives and destinations

Bodies and souls: a novel, by John Rechy. p. cm. ISBN 9781555847241. There is a section in Los Angeles where all its freeways or their extensions converge into a twisted concrete star connecting all the parts of the city, its varied lives and destinations. Above this point of intricate connection-of sweeping cement arcs-land furry with grass and thick with pine trees rises into an uncultivated hill-an incongruous patch of forest in the midst of the vast city, its tall steel and glass buildings just blocks away.

In Bodies and Souls, Rechy paints a portrait of modern Los Angeles, the most spiritual and physical of cities. To be fair the book does have some entertaining parts usually in the one off character chapters as the connections in these were very loose and afforded Rechy fairly wide scope: a body building Mr Universe, a university lecturer, a Judge's wife, a young hustler Billy and his boyfriend Stud, a sex crazed News Reporter Mandy to name just a few. What did not work for me was not so much the structure but the very tedious meanderings of Olin, Jesse and Lisa.

John Francisco Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, memoirist, dramatist and literary critic

John Francisco Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, memoirist, dramatist and literary critic. In his novels, he has written extensively about gay culture in Los Angeles and wider America, among other subject matters, and is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature. City of Night, his debut novel published in 1963, was a best seller

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Bodies and Souls book. In Bodies and Souls, Rechy paints a portrait of modern Los Angeles, "the most spiritual and physical of cities," where we meet characters like Amber, a porn superstar; Manny Gomez, a Chicano caught up in the punk-rock scene; and Dave Clinton, an aging male stripper. Epic in scope and vision, Bodies and Souls is classic Rechy.

In Bodies and Souls, Rechy paints a portrait of modern Los Angeles, the most spiritual and physical of cities, where we meet characters like Amber, a porn superstar; Manny Gomez, a Chicano caught up in the punk-rock scene; and Dave Clinton, an aging male stripper

In Bodies and Souls, Rechy paints a portrait of modern Los Angeles, the most spiritual and physical of cities, where we meet characters like Amber, a porn superstar; Manny Gomez, a Chicano caught up in the punk-rock scene; and Dave Clinton, an aging male stripper. To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate.

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In Bodies and Souls, Rechy paints a portrait of modern Los Angeles, the most spiritual and physical of cities, where we meet characters like Amber, a porn. A Serious Book, But Always Enjoyable. com User, March 3, 2004. Anyone who wants to learn about Los Angeles should read this novel. Inventively narrated, with alternating chapters that follow the lives of three drifters, "Bodies and Souls" features a broad range of characters that for the most part can only be found in LA. Many of the chapters can be read as standalone short stories. Some are hilarious, others quite poignant; all are beautifully written.

421 pp. New York: Carroll & Graf. The all-pervading isolation and loneliness that Mr. Rechy dramatized so effectively in his novels about homosexual night life become in this new book a commonplace about daily life in California. 314 pp. Wainscott, .

Once again, John Rechy takes us to an unexplored part of our world in Rushes, his first book following the controversial bestseller .

Once again, John Rechy takes us to an unexplored part of our world in Rushes, his first book following the controversial bestseller, The Sexual Outlaw. The story develops during a single evening and is set in a leather and Western bar located near the decaying and deserted waterfront of a large American city.