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A Beautiful Crime
''A Beautiful Crime'' is a 2020 crime fiction novel by the American writer and editor Christopher Bollen. It is Bollen's fourth novel and was written in 2018 during a artist-in-residence, residency in Paris. The novel was first published in the United States by Harper (publisher), Harper on January 28, 2020. The story, which is set in Venice, centers on boyfriends Nick Brink and Clay Guillory, who sell an inherited collection of forged silver antiques to a wealthy acquaintance from Clay's past. Their deception quickly leads to more serious crimes, as Clay attempts to sell an expensive property that he does not fully own and Nick murders a silver appraiser who threatened to expose their initial scheme. Bollen described ''A Beautiful Crime'' as his most personal novel to date, and elements of the plot and character backgrounds are inspired by his own life. The novel explores the overtourism and depopulation of Venice, and the intersection of greed, morality, and social class. ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bollen
Christopher Bollen (born November 26, 1975) is an American novelist and magazine writer/editor who lives in New York City. Describing his novels, ''The Daily Telegraph'' notes that "Bollen writes expansive, psychologically probing novels in the manner of John Updike, Updike, Jeffrey Eugenides, Eugenides and Jonathan Franzen, Franzen, but he is also an avowed disciple of Agatha Christie." Early life Bollen grew up in Cincinnati, where he graduated from St. Xavier High School (Ohio), St. Xavier High School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1998. Career Bollen was the editor-in-chief of ''Interview (magazine), Interview'' from early 2008 to mid-2009, after serving as editor-in-chief of ''V (American magazine), V''. After stepping down as editor-in-chief, he continued on as editor-at-large of ''Interview''. On May 21, 2018, the publication ceased operations completely after nearly 50 years. Bollen also writes about art and culture at other publications like '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient (novel)
''Orient'' is a 2015 mystery novel by Christopher Bollen. It is Bollen's second novel, following '' Lightning People'' (2011). It was first published in the United States by Harper on May 5, 2015. The novel is about a series of mysterious events, including several murders, that take place in Orient Point, an affluent town in Long Island. Critical reception was mixed. The book received a starred review from ''Kirkus Reviews'', which described it as a "nicely paced tale" and favorably compared it to the works of Patricia Highsmith. Ivy Pochoda of the ''Los Angeles Times'' praised Bollen's shifts in perspective, as well as his depiction of the Orient Point community and its residents. Charles Finch wrote a "very gently negative review" of the novel for the ''Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Literature
Gay literature is a collective term for literature produced by or for the gay community which involves characters, plot lines, and/or themes portraying male homosexual behavior. Overview and history Because the social acceptance of homosexuality has varied in many world cultures throughout history, LGBT literature has covered a vast array of themes and concepts. LGBT individuals have often turned to literature as a source of validation, understanding, and beautification of same-sex attraction. In contexts where homosexuality has been perceived negatively, LGBT literature may also document the psychological stresses and alienation suffered by those experiencing prejudice, legal discrimination, AIDS, self-loathing, bullying, violence, religious condemnation, denial, suicide, persecution, and other such obstacles. Themes of love between individuals of the same gender are found in a variety of ancient texts throughout the world. The ancient Greeks, in particular, explored the theme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio River, Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. It is the List of cities in Ohio, third-most populous city in Ohio and List of united states cities by population, 66th-most populous in the U.S., with a population of 309,317 at the 2020 census. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ohio's most populous metro area and the Metropolitan statistical area, nation's 30th-largest, with over 2.3 million residents. Throughout much of the 19th century, Cincinnati was among the Largest cities in the United States by population by decade, top 10 U.S. cities by population. The city developed as a port, river town for cargo shipping by steamboats, located at the crossroads of the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund White
Edmund Valentine White III (January 13, 1940 – June 3, 2025) was an American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer, and essayist. A pioneering figure in LGBTQ and especially gay literature after the Stonewall riots, he wrote with rare candor about gay identity, relationships, and sex. His work emerged as part of an increasingly solidified and visible LGBTQ community, helping to reshape public narratives at a time when coming out was still a dangerous, even radical act. His writing, noted for intimate depth and literary elegance, includes the semi-autobiographical trilogy '' A Boy's Own Story'' (1982), '' The Beautiful Room Is Empty'' (1988), and '' The Farewell Symphony'' (1997). He also co-authored '' The Joy of Gay Sex'' (1977), promoting sex-positive discourse. Born in Cincinnati and raised outside Chicago, White studied Chinese at the University of Michigan after initially declining admission to Harvard University in order to adhere to conversion therapy. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Armstrong (photographer)
David Bradley Armstrong (May 24, 1954 – October 26, 2014) was an American photographer based in New York. Armstrong first exhibited his work in 1977 and had one-person shows in New York City, Boston, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Zurich, Düsseldorf, Lisbon, Munich, and Amsterdam. His work was included in numerous group museum exhibitions including the 1995 Whitney Biennial, ''Emotions and Relations'' at the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1998, and ''Photography in Boston: 1955–1985'' at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln in 2000. Personal life Armstrong was born in 1954, in Arlington, Massachusetts, one of four sons of Robert and Irma Armstrong.Paul Vitello (October 31, 2014)David Armstrong, Photographer of Subcultures, Dies at 60''The New York Times''. He graduated from the Satya Community School, an alternative high school in Lincoln, Massachusetts, where he met Nan Goldin at the age of 14.Jane Harris,Home-Work: Photographer David Armstrong Talks About His Latest Monograph, 615 Jefferson A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBT Community
The LGBTQ community (also known as the LGBT, LGBT+, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, or queer community) comprises LGBTQ people, LGBTQ individuals united by LGBTQ culture, a common culture and LGBTQ movements, social movements. These Community, communities generally celebrate Pride (LGBTQ culture), pride, Sexual diversity, diversity, individuality, and Human sexuality, sexuality. LGBTQ activists and sociologists see LGBTQ community-building as a counterweight to heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, sexualism, and Conformity, conformist pressures that exist in the larger society. The term ''pride'' or sometimes ''gay pride'' expresses the LGBTQ community's identity and collective strength; pride parades provide both a prime example of the use and a demonstration of the general meaning of the term. The LGBTQ community is diverse in political affiliation. Not all LGBTQ people consider themselves part of the LGBTQ community. Groups that may be considered part of the LGBTQ com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Provincetown Independent
This is a list of newspapers in Massachusetts, including print and online. Daily newspapers Non-daily newspapers College newspapers * '' The Amherst Student'' – Amherst College * '' The Beacon'' – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts * '' The Beacon'' – Merrimack College * '' The Berkeley Beacon'' – Emerson College * '' The Comment'' – Bridgewater State University * '' The Connector'' – UMass Lowell * ''The Daily Collegian'' – UMass Amherst * ''The Daily Free Press'' – Boston University * ''The Harvard Crimson'' – Harvard University * '' The Heights'' – Boston College The Hub�Emmanuel College* ''The Independent'' – Harvard University * '' The Justice'' – Brandeis University * '' The Massachusetts Daily Collegian'' – University of Massachusetts Amherst * '' The Mass Media'' – University of Massachusetts Boston * '' The Mount Holyoke News'' – Mount Holyoke College *''The Huntington News'' – Northeastern University * ''The Observer'' – Brist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry James
Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and the brother of Philosophy, philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. He is best known for his novels dealing with the social and marital interplay between ''émigré ''Americans, the English, and continental Europeans, such as ''The Portrait of a Lady''. His later works, such as ''The Ambassadors'', ''The Wings of the Dove'' and ''The Golden Bowl'' were increasingly experimental. In describing the internal states of mind and social dynamics of his characters, James often wrote in a style in which ambiguous or contradictory motives and impressions were overlaid or juxtaposed in the discussion of a character's psyche. For their unique ambiguity, as well as for other aspects of their compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Miller
''Daisy Miller, A Study'' is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in '' The Cornhill Magazine'' in June–July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Plot summary Annie "Daisy" Miller and Frederick Winterbourne first meet in Vevey, Switzerland, in a garden of the grand hotel, where Winterbourne is allegedly vacationing from his studies (an attachment to an older lady is rumoured). They are introduced by Randolph Miller, Daisy's nine-year-old brother. Randolph considers their hometown of Schenectady, New York, to be absolutely superior to all of Europe. However, Daisy is absolutely delighted with the continent, especially the high society she wishes to enter. Winterbourne is at first confused by her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campo Santa Margherita
La Scuola dei Varoteri Campo Santa Margherita is a city square in the sestiere of Dorsoduro of Venice, Italy. It is located near university buildings and serves as a gathering place for students at the end of the day. Historically, the square had been host to various shops catering to local residents, but these have been replaced with bars, cafes and eateries catering to students and younger tourists. With a total area of 8,045 m², the square has an oblong shape. The main alleyways leading to Campo Santa Margherita are located in the north and the south, but there is access at the midway as well. History Campo Santa Margherita was a hotbed of left-wing activism in Venice in the 19th and early 20th century, being the home of the local headquarters of the Italian Socialist Party as well as the Casa del Popolo (the People's House). The '' osterie'' in the square were frequented by radical activists. In one instance, in 1913–14, socialists gathered at the Osteria da Capon decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
