Purgatory: A Novel of the Civil War
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590213750 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Lambda Literary award-winning author Jeff Mann has written many essays, poems, and short stories about his Appalachian heritage.
From beginning to end, Purgatory is rife with relentless tension, teeming with passion and romance, and laced with an array of both likable and loathsome characters. Ian is charged with being Drew's captor, responsible for keeping Drew alive so that the unit, including Ian's brutal uncle Sarge, can torment, torture, and humiliate him. First with Fog and now with this Civil War-set second novel, Mann--a prolific contributor to erotica anthologies as well as a profoundly sensuous poet and an elegantly personal essayist--merges deliciously erotic and decidedly literary writing with whiplash precision. Theirs is a relationship that propels difficult choices, tests familial and military ties, and challenges the convictions and beliefs of a number of characters. Whether inten
The other is a Herculean Yankee captured by the rag-tag Confederate band and forced to become a martyr for all the sins of General Sheridan's fires. One is a war-weary but scholarly Southerner who has seen too much bloodshed, especially the tortures inflicted upon the enemy by his vicious commanding officer, his uncle. When these two find themselves admiring more than one another's spirit and demeanor, when passions erupt between captor and captive, will this new romance survive the arduous trek to Purgatory Mountain?. During the Civil War, two young soldiers on opposite sides find themselves drawn together
"A pleasure from beginning to end" according to Mongrelonian. I happened on this book while browsing Kindle for gay erotica. The book description intrigued me enough that I downloaded the sample.For my tastes Purgatory had three things going against my purchase of it:1. It's narrated in the present tense;2. The story is built heavily around bondage and what amounts to S&M;A pleasure from beginning to end I happened on this book while browsing Kindle for gay erotica. The book description intrigued me enough that I downloaded the sample.For my tastes Purgatory had three things going against my purchase of it:1. It's narrated in the present tense;2. The story is built heavily around bondage and what amounts to S&M;3. The price.I bought it anyway. Here's why:I've never much enjoyed narration in the presen. . The price.I bought it anyway. Here's why:I've never much enjoyed narration in the presen. RB11"Really??" according to RB1121. It's hard to imagine a novel worse than this. Don't get this expecting historical fiction--it's part insipid romance and part overly graphic s&m fantasy. There's not a moment here--whether dialog, plot, or setting--that's even remotely believable. Boggles my mind how something like this can get published.. 1 said Really??. It's hard to imagine a novel worse than this. Don't get this expecting historical fiction--it's part insipid romance and part overly graphic s&m fantasy. There's not a moment here--whether dialog, plot, or setting--that's even remotely believable. Boggles my mind how something like this can get published.. how many times can a guy get beat up to the point of death? interesting premise but it just turns into a story of beating after beating after beating .