An edition of Benson at Sixty (2011)

Benson at Sixty

The fourth - and final - Benson novel

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Cutting Edge
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Subjects
Gay men, Fiction, Alcoholics

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Benson at Sixty: The fourth - and final - Benson novel
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First print edition of the fourth novel chronicling the life of Martin Benson. He is back on Merseyside after a lifetime away. He's bought a house at the top of the town and filled it with souvenirs of a wandering life. He shares his home with a motorcycle test examiner, Rob, who tripped over Benson when he was comotose one dark night on the promenade, sensed Benson was a slave to the bottle, took him to a meeting of QA (Queer Alcoholics), and moved in.
Rob sets out to make a new man of Benson. He cajoles him into riding his Honda CG 125 with due care and attention; taking a demanding job as a Byelaws Officer with the local lifeguard service; befriending fellow queers who have fallen victim to booze and been arrested for cottaging; resisting the charms of Health-and-Safety A;;an; pointing out markets for Benson's pyrography (wood-burning) products; finding a solution to Benson's ongoing resentments against Kirsty Wark and Busy Sandra ('Pray for them')...and suggesting that he and Benson tie the knot at a civil ceremony in glamorous Blackpool.
After a lifetime spent in the shallow, Bewnson has come to the point - somewhat late in his day - when he must face reality a\nd proceed, guided by Rob and his mates in QA, into life's deep-end.
But can he? Will 'Dearest Him' finally win out over a lifetime of one-night-stands? Can Benson ever go home and nail his white loafers with Velcro fastenings to the kitchen floor?

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PR6053.A718 B46 2011

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Paperback
Number of pages
438

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OL25098816M
ISBN 10
9780956544544
LCCN
2012533650

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