{"product_id":"fire-island-by-jack-parlett-9781783787005","title":"Fire Island","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire Island\u003c\/i\u003e: a slim strip of land off the coast of New York, and a place of hedonism, reinvention, liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArriving on the island after a break-up back home in England, scholar and poet Jack Parlett was beguiled by what he found. Here were the halcyon scenes of Frank O'Hara's poetry; the bars where Patricia Highsmith got drunk; the infamous cruising sites; and the dazzling beaches where couples had fallen in and out of love, free for a sun-kissed moment to be themselves in the time before gay liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracing Fire Island's rich history, Parlett leads the reader through the early days of the island's life as a discreet home for same-sex love, to the wild parties of the post-Stonewall disco era, to the residents' confrontation with the AIDS epidemic, and into a present where a host of new challenges threaten the island's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLyrical and vivid, \u003ci\u003eFire Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a hymn to an iconic destination, and to the men and women whose ardour and determination spread freedom across its shores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486075207916,"sku":"9781783787005","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9d3aafd3ce5a37ea349085ae32ea2557.jpg?v=1775788891","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/fire-island-by-jack-parlett-9781783787005","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}