Mordden, Ethan. Everybody Loves You: Further Adventures
in Gay Manhattan. St. Martin's. 1988. c.288p. ISBN
0-312-02201-8. $16.95
[FICTION]
The final volume of Mordden's trilogy (I've a Feeling
We're Not in Kansas Anymore, Buddies) is a delight. Narrator
"Bud Mordden's" continuing chronicle of gay life in New
York City ends on a poignant note. "Little Kiwi," the
playful manchild lover of Mordden's irascible sidekick Dennis
Savage, grows up; Carlo, the devastating Hunk, shows a caring
side; and a neglected adolescent is taken in by Mordden's
extended family of gay men and begins the long road to maturity.
Mordden maintains his sharp social commentary throughout; but the
pace is more subdued, the tone more philosophical, and the result
more powerful as Mordden attempts to explain the complex ways in
which men relate to one another as brothers, lovers, and friends.
Highly recommended.
Kevin M. Roddy, Oakland Public Library, California