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In the early 1970s, when he was still an aspiring, unpublished writer, Felice Picano began a remarkable relationship with an extraordinary animal: a days-old kitten slated for euthanasia who refused to perish. Rescued, named, and trained, Fred became an extraordinarily intelligent companion, ally, teacher, and constant wonder to the author as he began his ascent through the Bohemian circles of Greenwich Village, among musicians, actors, curious characters, and even the famous British actress show more in hiding right next door. But when an acquaintance brought his female cat to be serviced by Fred, an entire new set of experiences opened up for the cat-and for Picano, who'd never had the nerve to befriend her owner, his ideal man. The course of love seldom runs straight for cats or for men, and this time would prove (hilariously) no different. This is another of Picano's distinguished portraits of a vanished era, when a new gay domain was solidifying only a few years after the Stonewall Riots, and the still nascent gay literary world that Picano would help invent was just a conception. Fred in Love is a charming, nostalgic, funny, gossipy, involving, and ultimately enlightening story about how we learn and grow, and how we love-whether the object of our affection is a cat or another human being. It's sure to take its place next to Picano's now classic literary memoirs Ambidextrous, Men Who Loved Me, and A House on the Ocean, a House on the Bay. show lessTags
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A quick read, the author has high expectations for other cats that walk into his life. Few are as in tune with you as the ones that you raise.
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Felice Picano, a five-time Lambda Literary Award nominee, is the author of 19 books
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- Original publication date
- 2005
- Dedication
- For Kay Salz and of course, Fred
- First words
- I first became acquainted with Fred as the result of an act of sexual intercourse.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I feel certain that in time she and I will become friends.
- Blurbers
- Marks, Jim; Smith, Bob; Mendoza, Tony
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- 38
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- Reviews
- 1
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- (3.33)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
