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Horse Crazy

The first novel from the brilliant, protean Gary Indiana, Horse Crazy tells the story of a thirty-five-year-old writer for a New York arts and culture magazine whose life melts into a fever dream when he falls in love with the handsome, charming, possibly heroin-addicted, and almost certainly insane Gregory Burgess. In the derelict brownstones of the Lower East Side in the late eighties, among the coked-out restauranteurs and art world impresarios of the supposed `downtown scene, ` the narrator wanders through the fog of passion. Meanwhile, the AIDS epidemic is spreading through the city, and New York friendships sputter to an end. Here is a novel where the only moral is that thwarted passion is the truest passion, where love is a hallucination and the gravest illness is desire.
Angela Carter wrote `This is what Love in the Time of Cholera is like for real` when Horse Crazy was first published in 1989. This new edition brings the `razor sharp` and `frequently brilliant` (Publishers Weekly) novel back into print after many years.
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The first novel from the brilliant, protean Gary Indiana, Horse Crazy tells the story of a thirty-five-year-old writer for a New York arts & culture magazine whose life melts into a fever dream when he falls in love with the handsome, charming, possibly heroin-addicted, & almost certainly insane Gregory Burgess. In the derelict brownstones of the Lower East Side in the late eighties, among the coked-out restauranteurs & art world impresarios of the supposed `downtown scene, ` the narrator wanders through the fog of passion. Meanwhile, the AIDS epidemic is spreading through the city, & New York friendships sputter to an end. Here is a novel where the only moral is that thwarted passion is the truest passion, where love is a hallucination & the gravest illness is desire. Angela Carter wrote ` This is what Love in the Time of Cholera is like for real` when Horse Crazy was first published in 1989. This new edition brings the `razor sharp` & `frequently brilliant` (Publishers Weekly) novel back into print after many years.

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Stanfords
Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.
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