{"product_id":"9781555847319","title":"Rushes","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “tour de force” novel from the groundbreaking author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Night \u003c\/i\u003eand one of the premier chroniclers of gay life in America (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e John Rechy takes us inside a “leather and Western” bar located near the deserted waterfront of a large American city. This is a sexual battlefield—a world of trucks, piers, and warehouses—depicted in Rechy’s “eloquent, convincing, basically unsparing” prose (Herbert Gold).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The bar regulars are on a ceaseless search for compatible love. The occasional customer hopes for a quick sexual fix. Female and transvestite hookers work the dark streets outside. A couple seeks a voyeuristic experience. And one young man ventures out for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e During the course of a single evening we get to know them all and watch as the night descends into the depths of a sexual underworld where danger and play transform into quasi-religious rites that end in ritual sacrifice.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132477587696,"sku":"9781555847319","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555847319_p0.jpg?v=1763754982","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555847319","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}