Jack the Modernist

by Robert Gluck

Published 18 September 1986
Set in the early 1980s, Robert Gluck?s first novel, Jack the Modernist, has become a classic of postmodern gay fiction. Bob is excited and lonely. He meets and pursues the elusive Jack, a director who is able to transform others without altering himself. Bob goes to the baths, gossips on the phone, goes to a bar, thinks about werewolves, has an orgasm, and discovers a number of truths about Jack A paean to love and obsession, Gluck?s novel explores the everyday in a language that is both intimate and lush.