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A QUEER KIND OF LOVE by George Baxt (Gay Black NYC Detective)

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A QUEER KIND OF LOVE by George Baxt (Gay Black NYC Detective)

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Very rare Uncorrected Publishers Advance Review copy "Proof" sent to press editors to review the book Prior to its Publication release. George Baxt' detective is Pharoah Love. He lives and works the New York Beat. Baxt's first novel and the introduction to Pharoah Love came out 24 years earlier and he now resumes the caseload of his charismatic gay detective. 279 text pages. Pink printed wrappers.Penzler Publishing, 1994 BOX3

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