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Gents (novel)

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Gents
First edition (publ. Marion Boyars)
AuthorWarwick Collins
PublisherMarion Boyars
Publication date
April 1, 1997
ISBN0-7145-3028-X

Gents is a 1997 novel by Warwick Collins.[1][2] It is set in the unlikely environment of a "Gentlemen's" toilet, somewhere in London.

The story describes the lives of three West Indian immigrants who run a public urinal in London. Collins claimed it was stimulated in part by his memories of apartheid when he lived as a child in South Africa. The New York Times reviewer wrote: "Mr. Collins is able to express, deftly, several contrasting views of homosexuality. ..., resolves to make up his own mind about alternative life styles and does precisely that, with a mixture of love and logic."[3]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Gents by Warwick Collins". Publishers Weekly. 31 March 1997. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Gents". Kirkus Reviews. 1 February 1997. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  3. ^ Biersdorfer, J. D. (27 April 1997). "NYTimes Gents review". New York Times on the Web. Retrieved 4 February 2008.