Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll - Paul Monette

Title: Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll

Author: Paul Monette

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

Format: Paperback

First published: 1978

This edition: Stonewall Inn Editions paperback, 1988

ISBN: 0312015151

Category: Queer; Literature & Fiction

Condition: Second-hand. Good vintage condition with light rubbing, edge wear, minor creasing and age-related toning. Two red ownership stamps appear on the title page. Binding remains sound and pages appear clean overall. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Paul Monette’s first novel follows a group of gay men and their allies as they attempt an elaborate scheme to protect the home and final wishes of a wealthy woman after her death. Witty, irreverent and sharply observed, the novel blends social comedy with an affectionate portrait of gay friendship and chosen family.

This Stonewall Inn Editions reissue preserves an important work of late twentieth-century queer fiction by one of the most significant American gay writers of the AIDS era.

About the Author: Paul Monette was an American novelist, poet and memoirist known for writing candidly about gay life, love, loss and the AIDS crisis. His later works include Borrowed Time and Becoming a Man, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.