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Man Eater

by Dick Jones
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In this reprint of the 70’s gay pulp classic Man Eater, we follow a Vietnam vet tuned detective who makes it his personal mission to find the deadly serial killer of gay men.

Jake Gold knows who he is: He's gay, American and a Vietnam-war veteran with PTSD who lost the love of his life in country. Jake subsequently hitched his star to the multinational United Nations Crime Control Commission, but nothing prepared him for his search for the "man eater," a killer cruising Europe for homosexual men who don't meet his exacting standards of masculinity in this gripping crime thriller that's as relevant as today's war on terror. This piece of lost gay pulp literature reworks stereotypes of homosexual men in favor of one that suggests that men are men regardless of which way their desires pointed.

About 120 Days

120 Days is an imprint of Magnus Books/Riverdale Avenue Books dedicated to reprinting classic erotica, especially the LGBT titles of the 20th century.  These vintage gay erotic novels, many written by novelists unable to find other outlets for fiction about gay men and women, peaked between 1968 and 1982. As censorship laws were struck down across the US, the best of these writers continued to turn out well-plotted genre novels--spy thrillers, science-fiction tales, mysteries, swashbuckling adventures, gothic romances and even pre-"Brokeback Mountain" westerns--within whose conventions they were able to explore the full range of their characters' lives. Surprisingly modern with just a dash of retro appeal these largely-forgotten novels are both great, fun reads and a bracing reminder that times change but people don't.


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Tonnya Joy
2/13/2018

While Man Eater may not be a literary masterpiece, it's still a worthy read, especially for its historical significance as gay pulp classic from the 1970s.


Lena ***Ribka
12/18/2017

You shouldn't expect a literary masterpiece when you decided to pick up Man Eater. But if you hope to get solely smut then you'll be probably overstrained. Even if a new republished and almost forgotten adults-only gay novel could hardly be ranked higher than a common pulp fiction, I have to admit, that I had a lot of fun reading it. Man Eater is a very entertaining mixture of thriller, horror, erotica, philosophical exploration and not least political statements.I have to thank Maitland McDonagh for a very interesting and informative introduction. Please, don't skip it! I think it is also important to know that this novel is a reprint gay pulp classic Man Eater from the 1970s. You'll view it from an entirely different perspective. Our protagonist, Jack Gold, is a Vietnam veteran and a UNCCC agent who is hunting a serial killer. The victims are exclusively gay hustlers of a high class and, believe me, the killer didn't get his nickname Man Eater for nothing. Be prepared- not only are the sex scenes pretty graphic, but also scenes of crimes. The method Jack Gold chooses to find the Man Eater is quite funky but considering the genre very enjoyable.I have to thank Maitland McDonagh for a very interesting and informative introduction. Please, don't skip it! I think it is also important to know that this novel is a reprint gay pulp classic Man Eater from the 1970s. You'll view it from an entirely different perspective.

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Iwent back to the bedroom and looked out the window. Early morning Berlin lookedback at me with a grey shine: The scene was right now, not the jungle of threeyears ago. I had to push the past out of my head and stay in today. The past isa dead thing and I can't keep living in it. One of these days I just might makea fatal mistake and then everything is going to be past. I couldn't go back tosleep and it was too early to go out. Plus I was on call and was supposed towait around for the phone to come alive. Since it looked like it was going tobe one of those long mornings, I picked up my case file and reviewed theassignment that had been driving me up the wall for the past six months. Thecase is officially called UNCCC457-63299H. The UNCCC part stands for UnitedNations Crime Control Commission, the people who sign my paycheck every twoweeks… the "H" stands for homicide. Around the office we call thecase "Man Eater," which is a weak term to describe the killer. But Ican't think of one that would communicate the savagery of his acts. The reportreads like the script of a cheap monster film produced just to see how sick andbloody it could be. I've been on some strange cases in the last year but thisone is the most bizarre I've ever seen.

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