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| Author | James Leo Herlihy |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster (USA) |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 384 pp (hardback edition) |
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Gloria decides to run away from home with her gay friend John McFadden. Both of them have a reason to leave: Gloria wants to find her estranged father, and John wants to avoid being drafted and being sent to Vietnam. They head from Belle Woods, a fictional suburb of Detroit, Michigan, to New York City, where they meet a host of colorful characters. The novel explores casual drug use, draft evasion, homosexuality, and incest. [1]
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