The Dream of the Celt

By Mario Vargas Llosa. Trans. by Edith Grossman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2012. 358p.

About

Before the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the British government for treason, the gay man had a long history of trying to help the world's oppressed people, especially in the Belgian Congo and the Amazon area; this novelization of his life shows both his activism and the attacks on him during his last days.

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ISBN:

9780374143466

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Over the Rainbow Project Book List

The Over the Rainbow Book List (OTR) is a committee of the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the American Library Association (ALA). OTR creates an annual, annotated bibliography of books for general adult readers aged 18 years or older that have commendable literary quality and significant, authentic lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQIA+) content. 

 2013 - Selection(s)