Tim and Pete | 
@Centique @Reggie Tim and Pete continue to travel! (I told him the book was his now to pass along. 🙂)
I couldn‘t get the rest of the text thread to show but basically, he loves the book and recommended After Hours as a movie pairing. He also told me I missed a lot of music when I made the playlist, ha!
@Reggie Tim and Pete has not left me. I made a playlist of all the music mentioned. It‘s collaborative so if I missed some, I‘m hoping my partner and friend will help fill it out as the read it. My partner is at the bathhouse part and really enjoying the book. When he finishes it I‘m sending it to my friend in Seattle. Sharing the love for JRB. 💜
pickRaucously crass abt violence & gay sex, JRB isn‘t worried if you find him off-putting & that‘s a big part of what makes this fast ride thru an early-90s LA night so enjoyable.
But just behind the snappy pop culture-laden dialogue simmers rage at a country that ignores or belittles the AIDS epidemic. What wld happen if that rage was acted upon? The question goes from theoretical to urgent and real for T & P as dawn approaches.
TY, @Reggie 💜
The times have grown mean, the city of Eros is now a necropolis, and all I have left are my memories…
pick1st reread of this book for me. Published in 1992, James Robert Baker expressed rage at the do nothingness concerning HIV/AIDS by our government and all the right wing hate with this novel about Tim and Pete, 2 ex boyfriends who reconnect one night. With the L.A area as a backdrop and a side plot by HIV infected pornstars to kill Ronald Reagan this book is hardly unforgettable. I wonder if he was still alive what books JRB might have written👇🏼
pickTim and Pete are ex-boyfriends who meet up again and drive through LA just after the riots. It is an evening filled with sex (thinking, talking, doing) with the threat and presence of Aids everywhere. The music, the movies, the books: all are perfect references to the 90s. Even the Chili Peppers 🌶 made it to this irresistible Californian speed read. Thank you @Reggie , for sending it. I loved it ❤️
@ReadYourSign #Violetcover ♏️
pickThank you, @Reggie , for sending me this. It‘s impossible to describe in 451 characters. So much going on in this novel!
I wish the author had lived long enough and stayed with his film-making dreams. This had a Quentin Tarantino feel to it.
Some readers (if an out-of-print copy can be found) may be uncomfortable with the various gay sex scenes. There‘s also anger served in dark humor format. But definitely an unforgettable book.
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Started this last night. This will be a wild ride!!
It seems to take turns being serious (as in their discussions about who has taken “the test” and when) and being funny. Or both at once, such as Tim and Pete‘s reminiscing here.
This is one of the books @Reggie sent me when I won his giveaway. Thanks again!!
Now that Litsy is back up, I can finally share with you all the books that the wonderful @Reggie sent me. I am so lucky to have won your recent giveaway, Reggie. Loved the letter you included with the books explaining each choice. Tagged the bottom book, Tim and Pete, because the spine didn‘t show up well in the pic. I think I‘ll read this one first. THANK YOU Reggie 😘!
#BecausetheNight Ex-lovers, Tim and Pete, get thrust together by fate one night, one having escaped a bad date, the other, looking for a fellow AA friend who has fallen off the wagon. This is a gay romance as much as it is an anti-valentine to Southern California and the times right after the L.A.riots. There‘s even a plot to assassinate ex-President Ronald Reagan by HIV infected gay pornstars. All in one night. It‘s easily in my top 3.#rocktober
His name is Robert James Baker, he was gay, wrote these angry, satirical, and wildly amusing adventures. My favorite book of all time, Boy Wonder, is by him, and another, Tim and Pete is easily in my top 5. He committed suicide in 1997. #authorilove #lgbtq
