Twilight Men

André Tellier’s second novel. It launched January 27th, 1931 by Greenberg, New York as a 338-page volume. It flew through at least seven prints and sold over 40,000 copies. Three later prints as a pulp helped secure the novel’s reputation as a clichéd and dramatic story of the queer experience.

After the deaths of two loves, Armand moves from France to face New York City and self-discovery. A woman hired by his acrimonious father tails him, although her attempts to seduce him break way to a unreturned infatuation. After Armand drifts through the city, he finally finds community in the artistic queer scene, where he receives support as a poet and as a man who loves other men. However, the nights of drinking, drugs, and naivete drag him into ruin.

The first US edition (1931), first UK edition (1933), and second US edition (1948) all contain different texts.