After the Blue Hour, John Rechy
After the Blue Hour, John Rechy
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After the Blue Hour

Author: John Rechy

Narrator: Cooper North

Unabridged: 5 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/07/2017

Synopsis

Fleeing a turbulent life in Los Angeles, John accepts an invitation to a private island from an admirer of his work. There, he joins Paul, his imposing host in his late thirties, his beautiful mistress, and his precocious teenage son. Browsing Paul's library and conversing together on the deck about literature and film during the spell of evening's "blue hour," John feels surcease, until, with unabashed candor, Paul shares intimate details of his life. Through cunning seductive charm, he married and divorced an ambassador's daughter and the heiress to a vast fortune. Avoiding identifying his son's mother, he reveals an affinity for erotic "dangerous games." With intimations of past decadence and menace, an abandoned island nearby arouses tense fascination over the group. As "games" veer toward violence, secrets surface in startling twists and turns. Explosive confrontation becomes inevitable.

About John Rechy

John Rechy is the author of seventeen books, including City of Night, the New York Times bestseller Numbers, and the Los Angeles Times bestsellers Rushes and The Coming of the Night. He has received many awards, including PEN Center USA's Lifetime Achievement Award, the William Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Luis Leal award for Distinguished Achievement in Chicano/Latino Literature, and the Lifetime-Recognition Award from the University of California at Riverside. The author lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Althea on June 13, 2017

I read Rechy's 'City of Night' sort of by accident when I was sixteen (It was on the same library shelf as Anne Rice.) So, Rice's sadomasochistic fantasies, Anais Nin's erotica (not on the same shelf, but read around the same time) and this all got intertwined in my head. Rechy was by far the most s......more

Goodreads review by LenaRibka on June 05, 2018

Update 06-05-2018: I'm a bit sad, because I found this year were really great books in the category and this one I liked less of all. I know I should congratulate the author and be quiet, but it is difficult. The worst book has won. IMO. 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalist - Gay Fiction......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 05, 2017

This may be Rechy's best book, an exciting, suspenseful novel that boldly explores mounting tensions among four fascinating characters trapped in a web of secrets and buried conflicts. Paul is the wealthy owner of the luxurious private island on which the action is set. Deadly charm has allowed him......more

Goodreads review by Brian on September 09, 2016

This is the first time I have read anything by John Rechy, who is probably best know for his book "City of Night". Interesting that this book, a pseudo-memoir as "City of Night" may have been, deals with a character. John Rechy, who was/is a hustler. I really like the feel of this book. It reminded......more

Goodreads review by The Literary on December 16, 2017

A book about the revelations of truths. Where things may or may not be what they appear until the explosive climax. The book takes its name from The Blue Hour, those moments of twilight that are described as the time where things are clearest yet most mysterious. 24 year old John Rechy is invited by......more

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