The City and the Pillar : A Novel Condition:Very Good Backed by investors such as

Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper

John Galliano and Alexander McQueen arrived on the fashions scene when the business was in an artistic and economic rut

and leave by sunrise--or become King Yama's prisoner forever

including gays in the military

A strikingly original debut from a tremendous new talent

The City and the Pillar : A Novel Condition:Very Good Backed by investors such asA literary cause clbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal's now classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience. Jim, a handsome, all American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in "awful kid stuff", the experience forms Jim's ideal of spiritual completion. Defying his parents expectations, Jim strikes out on his own, hoping to find Bob and