Tricks
Renaud Camus's Tricks (1979) is a gay fiction novel. Much of the action takes place in Paris and Milan. It deals with gay men, Sexuality, sexual behavior and Homosexuality.
27 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions across 3 languages.
At about 320 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.
About Tricks
**From Goodreads:** A graphic tale of a young gay Frenchman's brief encounters. These 25 fictional tricks—relations which take place only once: more than cruising, less than love—are played out against the backdrop of bars in Paris and Milan and bedrooms from NYC to San Francisco. Camus captures the immediacy of sexual experiences with French farm boys and businessmen, New York "cowboys," California intellectuals, leather boys, and amyl-sniffing queens in narratives filled with wit and affection. Camus does not justify, plead or interpret; he simply tells all -- from the first interested glances and small talk to the details of physical intimacy and final partings. Tricks is new, unique, important--an original experiment in the depiction of sexuality. It is the first book to chart this one aspect of contemporary gay life directly and objectively without the distortions of sentimentality, sensationalism, or fantasy.
Quick answers
Who wrote Tricks?
Tricks was written by Renaud Camus and first published in 1979.
What genre is Tricks?
It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.
How long is Tricks?
The median edition has 320 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Tricks?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Farewell Symphony, The Lord Won't Mind and Less.
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