Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel

Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel
First U.S. hardcover edition (1950)
AuthorJames Barr
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1950
Pages321
ISBN978-1-78-720064-7
LC ClassPZ3.B2715 Qat

Quatrefoil: A Modern Novel, sometimes called Quatrefoil, is a novel about gay men written in 1950 by James W. Fugaté under the pen name James Barr.[1] It is known for being the first modern book to portray homosexuality in a positive way.[2] The main character, Phillip, is based on a college fraternity brother that the author had an affair with while in college.[3]

Quatrefoil has been translated into French[4] and German.[5]

Its initial release was accompanied by a marketing campaign which included distribution of free copies to more than seventy-five gay bars in the United States and Canada. It was rumored to have outsold Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms, two other prominent gay-themed novels of the time.[6]

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