Missouri
Book description
This earnest, violent, yet utterly transfixing gay love story is set in the nineteenth-century American Midwest. Douglas Fortescue is a successful poet who flees England for America following a scandal; Joshua Jenkins is a feral young outlaw who was taught how to shoot a man at age six. The two…
Why read it?
1 author picked Missouri as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Someone bought me Missouri. I had it on my shelf for ages, not thinking so much of it (judging the book by its cover). As soon as I started reading it though I was transfixed.
It’s a pitch-perfect novella, beautifully written, heartbreaking, tender, funny, and tragic; a remarkable gay love story, easily on a par with Annie Proulx’s wonderful Brokeback Mountain. Like all major novels – and this is a very short one – I came to care deeply about the two lovers at the heart of Missouri.
Erotic (in the best sense), cinematic in its evocation…
Want books like Missouri?
Our community of 10,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Missouri.
5 book lists we think you will like!
Interested in gay men, outlaws, and poets?
10,000+ authors have recommended their favorite books and what they love about them. Browse their picks for the best books about gay men, outlaws, and poets.