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THE UNIVERSIT Y OF WISCONSIN PRESS
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O f r e l a t e d i n t e r e s t
“The pieces are densely written examina-
tions of emotions and sexual verities that
often blur the lines between friend and
lover, and between love, lust, yearning,
and kindness. Klein’s thoughtful writing
reflects ongoing ruminations, so thought-
provokingly personal yet universal that
readers may pause occasionally to really
absorb them.”—Whitney Scott,
Booklist
FICTION / GAY & LESBIAN INTEREST
“We don’t have many voices with 70-plus years of experience to tell us
what life and romance is like for a gay man at that age, but David Led-
dick has always defied expectations—never retiring, always reinventing
himself. We are richer for having his voice to tell us what he sees from the
vantage—advantage, actually—of his vibrant age, tall, proud, and ever
wondering.”
Tom Bianchi, author of
Men I’ve Loved
Buoyant and entertaining, this melding of memoir and fiction recounts with
humor and candid observation a gay man’s romances in his seventies, offering
insight into the joys (and a few of the sorrows) of loving, living, and aging with
grace, style, and a fearless sense of fun.
Bouncing between Montevideo, New York, and Paris, the narrator reveals his
adventurous life, his many lovers, his varied careers from dance to advertising,
and the upbeat outlook that sustains him as he pursues the elusive Fenil, a hand-
some Uruguayan policeman.
David Leddick’s short sketches, interspersed with memories, attitudes, and
opinions drawn from the past, combine in a vivid tale of a life lived with panache
at an age when most people think the adventure has already ended.
David Leddick
is a writer, playwright, actor, and contributor to the
Huffington
Post
. His previous careers have included service in the U.S. Navy, dancing with
the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and working as creative director with the
advertising clients Revlon and L’Oreal in New York and Paris. He began his writ-
ing career at the age of sixty-five, and he is the author of twenty-three books,
including the novels
My Worst Date
and
The Sex Squad
, as well as many photog-
raphy books about the male nude.
JUNE
LC: 2012043338 PS
136 PP. 5 ½ X 8 ¼
E-BOOK $16.95 ISBN 978-0-299-29273-7
A trade imprint of the University
of Wisconsin Press
“I loved reading these bracing
pages, delighted by Leddick’s frank
insights and exhilarated by his
humor.”
Will Fellows, author of
Gay
Bar: The Fabulous True Story of a Dar-
ing Woman and Her Boys in the 1950s
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2009
LC: 2003005650 HQ 152 PP. 5 × 8 ½
E-BOOK $12.95 ISBN 978-0-299-18873-3
Living Out: Gay and Lesbian
Autobiographies
David Vance
