Victor J. Banis
Список книг автора Victor J. BanisThe C.A.M.P. Guide to Sex and the Single Gay
Jackie Holmes, That Man from C.A.M.P., lays it on the line (with the help of chronicler Victor J. Banis)…to provide those seeking male gay partners and relationships with some basic advice on human psychology, sexuality, and social interaction. Jackie teaches the art of cruising while his dear friends swish through the nearby pages. Under the C.A.M.P. agent's ever-scrutinizing eyes, the belles and the aunties become instantly recognizable, and the Love Nest is seen for what it really is. We experience the still-recognizable world of Witches and Bitches, «private» seductions, large cocktail parties, and balls. This is the definitive tongue-in-cheek guide to making (and sustaining) gay connections, now available for the first time in over four decades!
The Tijuana Bible Reader
The Tijuana Bible Reader and its sequel have attained legendary status among collectors of gay literature. Edited anonymously by Victor J. Banis, these two books included pieces by Banis himself and his friends, all published by Greenleaf Classics in 1969 without any bylines. The original volumes are now nearly impossible to find. The Borgo Press is proud to present the first new editions of these seminal works of homoerotica in almost forty years!
Spine Intact, Some Creases
A legendary name from the Golden Age of Paperbacks, VICTOR J. BANIS spins a witty and exuberant tale of A Thousand and One Knights, flitting blithely from tale to tail, in one era and out the other. Part autobiography, part a history of the Gay Revolution, part writing manual, part juicy gossip, with a few tasty recipes thrown in for good measure, Spine Intact, Some Creases is a summing up – alternately hilarious and touching, instructive and impassioned, and always entertaining – of the remarkable life and work of a writer hailed by top gay pulp historian Michael Bronski as ?one of my heroes.? ?Banis' memoir provides a poignant history of West Coast paperback publishing in the Sixties, and one author's journey from small beginnings to critical and financial success as a writer – but it's far more than that: witty, elegantly written, funny, sad, smart, and even wise. Every penman-apprentice should read this book – twice!? – Robert Reginald
The C.A.M.P. Cookbook
That Man from C.A.M.P., Jackie Holmes, says: «And away we go! Back to that little room. No, not that one–the one just on the other side of that place they call the dining area. The kitchen, of course. Now, I'm sure you know your way around the other rooms, especially the one with the queen-sized you-know-what, but as I'm prone to mention from time to time, one of the ways to a man's heart is through his stomach, which means you'll have to spend some time in the kitchen cooking!» This very basic guide to cooking for your guy–or for anyone else!–is broken into thirteen chapters, each dealing with a particular category of food. The original edition of this companion volume to the Man from C.A.M.P. fiction series is an unobtainable modern rarity, and is now available for the first time in over four decades. It's filled with the wit, humor, and wisdom of its bestselling author.
Life & Other Passing Moments
In this collection of shorter pieces, Victor J. Banis demonstrates once again the astonishing breadth of his talent, covering virtually every facet of the human experience with astonishing brevity and clarity. Here are pathos and heartache, love and horror, irony – and humor, especially humor, dry and wry and roll-on-the-floor-clutching-your-sides funny. It would be a hard man indeed who could read the adventures of his Underground Diner – which take up much of the last half of the book and aptly skewer the ubiquitous and often pretentious food writing column – without guffawing aloud.
Stranger at the Door
Roger needed Lenny, or thought he did, but he did not need Zak or Marty, or the way Lenny acted under their influence. And he definitely did not need to have them move in with him. But Roger's needs and wants were no longer on Lenny's mind. He had another agenda: taking Roger for all he was worth. And he didn't particularly care what he had to do to get his hands on the family jewels! A classic novel of gay life.
Twisted Flames
When Laura comes to California to marry her highschool sweetheart–and live in a beautiful home at the beach in Sandy Knolls–she knows it'll be a dream wedding and a dream life. But unknownst to her, her fiancé has suffered more injuries in his recent auto accident than he had first stated–and no longer has the capacity to make love to her. She continues with the ceremony out of pity, but their relationship begins to deteriorate almost immediately. What's a poor girl to do? To satisfy her Twisted desires in the Flames of passion, she finds satisfaction wherever she can–with men…and women! A classic novel of erotica.
Drag Thing; or, The Strange Case of Jackle and Hyde: A Novel of Horror
In Victor J. Banis's hilarious gender-bender send-up of the mutant superhero genre, hetero Peter Warren's ambition is to design women's dresses, and his most secret desire is to wear them. His cop wife, Teri, also secretly longs to see her hubby «dressed up,» but hasn't yet found the right way to tell him. And when Peter drinks the «wrong stuff,» he turns into the eight-foot-tall monster called Drag Thing. Add to the pot a pair of lesbian scientists working on a formula to make women stronger and more aggressive; a trio of hapless Homeland agents planning to purloin the formula for purposes of warfare, inept gangbangers who call themselves The Moes and kidnap pets for ransom, a nefarious villain who becomes The Owl, a horny Great Dane with lavender toenails, and a monster cat who turns into Franken-pussy, drag queen Lorelie Lee, Nurse Gladys Kravitz and her homophobic husband, Abner, and a naughty trick or two, and the result is a genuine treat for the reader. Gentlemen, start your broomsticks!
The WATERCRESS File
That debonair Man from C.A.M.P., Jackie Holmes, is back once more! This time the crusader for gay justice is thrown into the most fracturingly funny escapade of his career, being joined by an unbelievably incompetent household of characters, who go by the code name of WATERCRESS, and who insist on helping him with his (barely) dangerous mission. And in process we encounter the antics of such individuals as the straightlaced CIA agent, Craig Mathews, Aunt Lily, Aunt Nasturtia, Aunt Marigold, Honeysuckle the pianist, the gigantic Gladiola, and the very strange Nick. Of course, Jackie always winds up on top in the end. Sounds like business as usual for this ever-C.A.M.P.-ish series! First publication in 45 years.
The Why Not
The place is gaudy yet drab, lively yet death-like, dispassionate mother hen to a brood of dithered chicks. Discover its bizarre existence from the inside, through the muddled collective mind of the outcast in-group, a gay throng of third-sex bewildered ones who frantically seek a why–but must always settle for The Why Not!
Borgo Press is pleased to represent a true classic of gay literature, now available again for the first time in four decades. Includes an introduction by the author, written for this release.