Cover of Heaven's Coast
Gay Fiction

Heaven's Coast

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  • 1996 first published
  • 313 pages
  • 9 editions
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Mark Doty's Heaven's Coast (1996) is a gay fiction story collection. The story is set in Provincetown and Massachusetts. Characters include Wally Roberts (d. 1993). Key subjects include Health, patients, Biography and gay men and AIDS.

6 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

At about 313 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

  • Wally Roberts (d. 1993)

Subjects

  • Health
  • Patients
  • AIDS, Disease
  • Biography
  • Literary Anthologies
  • Gay men and AIDS
  • Gay couples
  • Aids, Disease, patients, biography
  • Gay men
  • Poets, biography
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ biography and memoir
  • LGBTQ HIV/AIDS
  • Stonewall Book Awards
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Quick answers

Who wrote Heaven's Coast?

Heaven's Coast was written by Mark Doty and first published in 1996.

What genre is Heaven's Coast?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.

How long is Heaven's Coast?

The median edition has 313 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Heaven's Coast?

Readers who like it often enjoy A l'ami qui ne m'a pas sauvé la vie, Mercury and Me and Mrs. Stevens hears the mermaids singing.

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