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May I ask which ones have queer elements? I've already consumed all of PZB and my favorite book of his is Drawing Blood! So especially anything similar 🌈❤️
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Quick disclaimer: I haven't read every book I've listed, and I haven't had the chance to read PZB's works yet myself. So, I can't tell you how similar these books are to his.
Of the ones I have read, these are the one's with actual queer elements:
- The Color Purple - Celie, an African American lesbian, falls in love with Shug Avery, her abusive husband's bisexual mistress.
- Interview with the Vampire - Since this book came out in the 70s, the queerness is less explicit than in the current TV adaptation. But Anne Rice claimed that all her vampires are omnisexual.
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Brick is either bisexual or just feeling really guilty. It depends on the production.
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - This follows the real life trial of Jim Williams, an antiques dealer who was accused of killing his supposed lover Danny Hansford, a young white supremacist.
If any one has any other suggestions, please put them forward!
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Also! Many academics have read both Darl Bundren (As I Lay Dying) and Quentin Compson (The Sound and the Fury) as queer, but since both are more implied than outright stated, I wasn't sure if should count them.
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