Marion Zimmer Bradley
Paperback | Pages: 688 pages Rating: 4.18 | 1751 Users | 162 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Catch Trap |
| ISBN: | 0345315642 (ISBN13: 9780345315649) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Tommy Zane, Mario Santelli |
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Tommy Zane hates lions, a major obstacle in a family of lion tamers. But Tommy's dreams, and talent, fly higher, up in the rigging with the trapeze. When rising star Mario Santelli offers him flying lessons, it looks like the start of wonderful new life, and to Tommy's surprise, his relationship with Mario deepens even as his skill soars in the rigging. But life in the 1940s forces them to keep their love a secret, and the stress pushes both Tommy and Mario to a precipice. And as Mario flies higher and higher, Tommy begins to wonder if it will always be his role to catch Mario as he falls. A tremendously moving tale, a rich family saga, a wise and compassionate portrait of a special love in a cruel world.Point Appertaining To Books The Catch Trap
| Title | : | The Catch Trap |
| Author | : | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 688 pages |
| Published | : | July 12th 1984 by Ballantine Books (first published January 1st 1979) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Romance. M M Romance. LGBT. Historical. Historical Fiction. Gay |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 1751 Users | 162 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Catch Trap
I was a huge fan of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series when I was a kid. After reading all of the Darkover books, I stumbled on the Catch Trap and read it because it was by MZB. It was the first book I can remember reading about being gay and made me feel like I could imagine being a gay man. It scared the crap out of me (i.e., in the same way reading and identifying with a character caught up in the Holocaust). Definitely one of my favorite books that changed my worldview. I'm glad to seeStruggled to halfway through and could not finish. This book is about the lives of a bunch of low rent acrobats and entertainers. A 14 yo's parents allowed the kid to drop out of school in order to travel and fool around in the circus with a completely unrelated family. One of the family members who trains the kid begins to fraternize with him; actually the love story is he is an emotionally unstable pedophile who begins to prey on the kid in his sleep, attempting to furnish him alcohol,
I loved this book.Set in the late 1940s/early 1950s, the story revolves around two central characters: Tommy Zane (through whose eyes most of the story is told) and Mario Santelli (aka Matt Gardner). Tommy wants to learn how to fly - on the trapeze - and Mario, the star flyer with the Flying Santellis, takes him under his wing. Soon Tommy becomes one of the family, even going by the name Tommy Santelli during the act.Bradley does two things extremely well in this book: (1) describes circus life
Absolutely captivating. This book had me completely immersed in this fascinating world of circus performers. I've actually woken up the past two mornings realizing that I had just been dreaming about these characters; that's how completely absorbed I have become in this story. These two men and the story of their love and dedication to each other and to their art has deeply moved me. There were at least three different points in the story where I was in tears because of the emotional intensity.
This is hands down, the best book I've ever read with gay men as the main characters. It's honestly a masterpiece of gay literature. This is the story of love and romance between Mario and Tommy, two circus flyers, and everything that happens around them. It's so original, so creative, and so expertly written. The details and descriptions put into this are excellent and reading it was almost surreal. I was in love with it from the first chapter and didn't want it to end. I wish there were more
I think I'm going to have a hard time expressing how I felt about this book. Parts were magical and drug me right in. The author did a great job show casing the time period they lived in and the life in a traveling circus. I had an issue with more than one thing in this book though and in the end it was how blasted long it was that most impacted my rating. It just felt like it went on and on (and on.) The story focuses on Tommy, a teen who's parents are lion tamers in a traveling circus. Tommy
I read this book every year.It is like a vacation for me, I take time, set it aside and go visit Tommy and Matt for a few weeks. Every year it is different, every year it is the same. Every year I cry, every year I fall in love. There is so much magic in this book it s impossible to explain with just words, which is ironic since the magic was made with words but I digress.A tale of two trapeze artists told in the backdrop of Post World War II, this book spans years and years of Tommy and Matt
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