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“A beautiful, lyrical memoir…Atherton Lin has a five-octave, Mariah Carey-esque range for discussing gay sex.”
 -NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“A remarkable debut. . . it’s a difficult book to pin down, but that’s what makes it so readable and so endlessly fascinating. . . Each observation is sharp and phrased beautifully; Atherton Lin wastes no words, and the ones he chooses are carefully considered. Gay Bar is a book that’s beyond impressive, and Atherton Lin’s writing is both extremely intelligent and refreshingly unpretentious.”
 -NPR

"The treatment of time in the book — the way the present is peeled back to reveal the past — is beautiful, and original. Throughout there is a feeling of simultaneity, of queer lives and histories moving in parallel, of nightlife as a site of pleasure, play and resistance…How movingly he replicates it here, with his wide, strobing intellect, enlivening skepticism, rascally allure.”
 -Parul Sehgal, NEW YORK TIMES

“A beautiful amble through the world of gay bars . . . a rich tapestry of history, theory, and criticism.”
 -VANITY FAIR

“Brilliantly written . . . Atherton Lin writes as though he himself is a sign of the times. With gusto and a sense of abandon he describes his own hunger for excitement, with scenes that are gloriously locked in the present moment.”
 -Colm Tóibín, THE GUARDIAN

“For when you really miss going out… This book will make you miss it even more. Atherton Lin’s stylish debut explores the history and cultural resonance of gay bars…It’s a wistful exploration of queer life, history, liberation, and identity. And feels especially vital right now when we’re all stuck inside.”
 -THE SKIMM

“A detailed, frank and brilliantly personal account…Already, Gay Bar reads like a cult classic.”
 -PAUL FLYNN, EVENING STANDARD

“I can’t remember the last time I’ve been so happily surprised and enchanted by a book. Gay Bar is an absolute tour de force.”-MAGGIE NELSON

“Jeremy Atherton Lin's personal history of queer nightlife is shot with vibrant intellectual adrenaline. With keen original insight, he celebrates the gay bar as a site of ribald, sensuous, and urgent resistance. A must-read for all.”-CATHY PARK HONG, author of MINOR FEELINGS --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Jeremy Atherton Lin was raised in California and now lives in London, where he studied writing at the Royal College of Art. Jeremy’s work has been published in the White Review, Tinted Window and the Times Literary Supplement, and he has been short-listed for the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize. He is an editor at Failed States, a journal of art and writing on place. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.