Publication

1978 - Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

57,250 words, Guess

Page Count

229 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing498799
  • Goodreads1056260

Classifications

  • DDC813/.5/4
  • LCCPZ4.C1475 In

Description

**From Goodreads:** ***When a photographer witnesses a violent crime in New York's Lower East Side, he hunts down the missing camera that may hold answers*** Eugene is a midwesterner living in New York, an erstwhile Catholic and not-quite-openly-gay photographer. When a Holy Week pageant in the gritty Lower East Side erupts into a riot, he is sucked into the city's shadowy depths. While photographing the parade, Eugene has his eye on a handsome teen, but when things turn violent the youth is stabbed and Eugene's camera is stolen. To find the camera and its precious film, which may provide evidence, Eugene has to become acquainted with a seedy, unfamiliar world, and hold on to his sanity in the process. "In" "Such Dark Places" is a thrilling debut novel of awakening and obsession.

Description

From Goodreads: When a photographer witnesses a violent crime in New York's Lower East Side, he hunts down the missing camera that may hold answers. Eugene is a midwesterner living in New York, an erstwhile Catholic and not-quite-openly-gay photographer. When a Holy Week pageant in the gritty Lower East Side erupts into a riot, he is sucked into the city's shadowy depths. While photographing the parade, Eugene has his eye on a handsome teen, but when things turn violent the youth is stabbed and Eugene's camera is stolen. To find the camera and its precious film, which may provide evidence, Eugene has to become acquainted with a seedy, unfamiliar world, and hold on to his sanity in the process. "In" "Such Dark Places" is a thrilling debut novel of awakening and obsession.

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