Gangsters by Day, Girls by Night single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Gangsters by Day, Girls by Night
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    y separately published work icon Travelling on Love in a Time of Uncertainty : Contemporary Australian Gay Fiction Gary Dunne (editor), Leichhardt : BlackWattle Press , 1991 Z549088 1991 anthology short story drama humour 'A Striking collection of Australian short stories that captures what it is to be gay and living in the 90's. Eighteen pieces, across broad scenarios, that cover a lot of territory - an all night dance party; a clown market back room; a family funeral; a coming of age in outer suburbia; Mardu Gras Veteran; Whitlamesque drag queen; a deep sub-mariner; and an HIV survivor with attitude. Australian gay fiction has moved on from the monochrome coming out autobiography concerned with the validation of sexual identity to a full spectrum of themes, literary styles and narrative sites.' (Publication summary) Leichhardt : BlackWattle Press , 1991 pg. 106
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