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Now in print, Wayne Hoffman’s novels: Hard, An Older Man

The Bear Bones Books imprint of Lethe Press is pleased to announce its 24th and 25th releases: the reissue of a funny, sexy, smart novel, Hard, and its new sequel novella, An Older Man, written by Wayne Hoffman.

Hard, a novel by Wayne Hoffman

Hard“Smart, fast-paced, raunchy and funny, a sexy comic strip of a novel about the way gay men live now.”

— Christopher Bram, author of Gods and Monsters

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“A breath of fresh air in gay male fiction.”  — Lambda Book Report

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“Sexual politics—both public and private—play out against the cityscape of mid-1990s Manhattan in Hoffman’s absorbing year-in-the-life of a group of gay men…The larger issues of sexual rights and AIDS add depth to their voices, making this sexually explicit debut novel an intriguing exploration of politics and psyche.”

— Publishers Weekly

In the late 1990s, Moe Pearlman finds his sex life under attack. A conservative mayor is closing down bathhouses, sex clubs, and adult theaters—with the secret cooperation of Frank DeSoto, publisher of the only gay newspaper in town. As the crackdown escalates, the tensions between Moe and Frank boil over into a full-scale battle—and, eventually, a personal tug-of-war—between two people with opposing ideas of what it means to be a gay man in the age of AIDS.

When Moe isn’t organizing safe-sex parties, posing for bear porn, or entertaining buddies he meets online, he’s looking for romance with the daddy of his dreams—a man named Max Milano who might not be looking for the same thing. And Frank, after a decade-long drought, is enjoying a sexual rebirth as his 50th birthday approaches, but he’s not sure if he can find a partner without having to pay for it. Added to this mix is Moe’s best friend Aaron Chiles, who’s having trouble accepting his new boyfriend’s job as a go-go boy and hustler. Meanwhile, Gene Macintosh, Moe’s HIV-positive ex-lover, is delighted to find that his viral load is undetectable, but his obsessive partner still treats him like a health risk.

From backrooms to newsrooms, the Meatrack to City Hall, Hard offers a no-holds-barred look at gay life in New York, where sex is a matter of life or death, and politics make the strangest bedfellows.

 

An Older Man, a novella by Wayne Hoffman

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Moe Pearlman—once the 20-something protagonist of Hard—is now over 40, overweight, and going gray. For someone used to being the adorable younger guy chasing after older men, that’s not particularly easy. But Moe’s whole conception of himself is challenged when he spends Bear Week in Provincetown, an event that brings thousands of mature gay and bi men to the tip of Cape Cod the week after Independence Day to revel and relax.

Still singular in his focus and sexual appetites, Moe hopes he’ll find a hot older guy and have an intense summer fling. Joining him on vacation is Moe’s ex-lover Gene and Gene’s new boyfriend Carlos, so Moe has no reason to feel lonely, but when the older objects of Moe’s affection start looking right past him in favor of younger rivals, Moe is shaken to the core.

Advance praise for An Older Man:

An Older Man is a bear-hug of a book that is equal parts burly bouquet of bear culture, a love letter to Provincetown, and a sexy story about our hirsute hero Moe’s quest to find ‘the one.’”

— Gregg Shapiro, author of Lincoln Avenue

 

 

Hard headshotWayne Hoffman’s acclaimed debut novel, Hard, and its sequel, An Older Man, are published by Bear Bones Books. Another of Wayne’s novels, Sweet Like Sugar, won the Stonewall Book Award. The author lives in New York City and the Catskills.

Author photograph by Frank Mullaney

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Hard
Hard, a novel by Wayne Hoffman

Bear Bones Books / Lethe Press • April 20, 2015 • Categories: Novels, Gay Fiction

ISBN-10: 1-59021-290-4 • ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-290-5

364 pp., 5.5 x 8.5 inches • Paperback: $18.00 • eBook: $5.99

Distributed by: Baker & Taylor, Ingram.

Also available in Kindle and all other electronic-book formats

Order Hard directly from the publisher here.
Order the book from Goodreads here.
Order the softcover book from Amazon here.
Order the ebook from Amazon Kindle here.
Order the book from Smashwords here.
Order the book from BN.com here.
Order the book from Amazon.uk here.

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AOMAn Older Man, a novella by Wayne Hoffman

Bear Bones Books / Lethe Press • June 1, 2015 • Categories: Novels, Gay Fiction

ISBN-10: 1-59021-291-6 • ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-291-2

148 pp., 5.5 x 8.5 inches • Paperback: $15.00 • eBook: $X.99

Distributed by: Baker & Taylor, Ingram.

Also available in Kindle and all other electronic-book formats

Order An Older Man directly from the publisher here.
Order the book from Goodreads here.
Order the softcover book from Amazon here.
Order the ebook from Amazon Kindle here.
Order the book from Smashwords here.
Order the book from BN.com here.
Order the book from Amazon.uk here.

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