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Southern Discomfort

  • 1982 first published
  • 277 pages
  • 7 editions

Rita Mae Brown's Southern Discomfort (1982) is a sapphic fiction novel. The story is set in Alabama and Montgomery, Ala.. Readers will find themes of race relations, prostitutes, transvestites and lesbians.

7 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions across 3 languages.

At about 277 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Race relations
  • Prostitutes
  • Transvestites
  • Lesbians

Quick answers

Who wrote Southern Discomfort?

Southern Discomfort was written by Rita Mae Brown and first published in 1982.

What genre is Southern Discomfort?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.

How long is Southern Discomfort?

The median edition has 277 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Southern Discomfort?

Readers who like it often enjoy Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Tipping the Velvet and Last Night at the Telegraph Club.

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