My pal Scott Alexander Hess ("Bergdorf Boys," "Diary of a Sex Addict") has a new book -- "River Runs Red" -- which has been called "a cunning mix of lyricism and grit. A triumphant and beautifully written historical novel." If you're in the New York area, there will be a party to celebrate its release Wednesday evening at Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen St., NYC at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
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The christening of the world’s first skyscraper on the shores of the mighty Mississippi River is the backdrop for "River Runs Red," Lambda Literary Award finalist Scott Alexander Hess' new novel set in St. Louis, Missouri circa 1891.
Calhoun McBride and Clement Cartwright are men from different worlds. Young Calhoun works backbreaking, midnight shifts at the Snopes Brewery...and earns a little extra selling his body to eager men. Clement left St. Louis to pursue his architectural ambitions and returns to great fanfare as the man planning the city's first skyscraper. But one steamy night, by the Mississippi River, both men find themselves drawn to one another. But what chance has brought together, the machinations of a bitter and cruel man, Belasco Snopes, who thinks St. Louis belongs to him…down to its people, victims for all his appetites, will tear apart. Hess’s new historical novel offers readers a sultry story with menace.
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