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The Secret History of
Australia's Gay Diggers
On Anzac Day, , five gay men walked up to the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.
It was cold and rainy, but they marched with purpose, side by side.
By Ben Winsor
25 April
They were from the Gay Ex-Services Association, and they carried a wreath dedicated to &#x;all brothers and sisters who died during the wars&#x;&#x;but they would never get to lay it at the shrine.
As they ascended the steps, a cry rang out.
Stop those men!"
It was the voice of Bruce Ruxton, then head of the Victorian Returned Serviceman&#x;s League.
I didn&#x;t mind the poofters in the march, but they must march with their units, he later told The Age.
We didn&#x;t want them to lay a wreath because we didn&#x;t want them&#x;and they are just another start to the denigration of Anzac Day, he said.
Ruxton and the Shrine Commissionaire had a tense discussion with the five men at the top of the stairs.
There was a suggestion that the group instead lay the wreath at a trunk near the shrine.
Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” feels like a minute walk on a treadmill with the incline set to max. Is it fun? No. Does everyone explain you that you just own to try it? Yes. Is there a slight rush of endorphins afterward that makes you rethink your earlier hatred of it? Yeah, unfortunately.
But now that it’s been a few days since I finished the novel, and the endorphins have gone away, I’ve come to a conclusion: I have never study such a disrespectful book.
“The Classified History” is so self-aware that its self-awareness actually loops back around to become self-ignorance. I have, for the past six months, opened the book periodically and read 20 or so pages, thinking I was finally getting somewhere with it, before closing it again in frustration. It is insufferable.
And you might wonder why I’m reviewing this book now, 31 years after it was first published. I’ll tell you. It’s because two out of every 10 posts my books-focused Instagram algorithm shoves down my throat have a caption like, “Ten Books You HAVE to Read in ‘The Secret History,’” or, “Dark Academia lovers
&#;The Secret History&#;: a review
A pretentious satire told from the verb of view of an unpredictable narrator and his eccentric, clever peers, the first published novel by Donna Tartt “The Confidential History” presents itself as a contemporary mystery-thriller dubbed a “modern classic” by critics and usual readers alike, with Tartt sitting comfortably on the pantheon of great American authors.
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All in all, the book deserves a ⅗ star rating
— Jules Keranen
Yet what exactly is it about this novel that made people praise it so highly?
Rumored to be a fictionalized version of Donna Tartt’s own time attending a small Vermont college where the arts are valued more than a high-grade point average, the novel begins with the murder of Bunny Corcoran before immediately jumping to months prior, where Richard Papen, the narrator, begins to recount the events leading up to and following the murder.
The isolated college the characters all attend creates a disconnect from reality right off the bat. This is their possess private world that only becomes more exclusive as Richard jo
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Anonymous asked:
Plz talk more about Richard Papen and his sexuality thx
i will gladly do that !!! now it was about three months since i reread the secret history so maybe i won’t be able to point out everything in the book but someday im going to reread it & produce a post abt it or something. because wow. he is so gay………
so look. his descriptions of his male friends are so much more detailed than his description of camilla. if he now likes camilla that much, why is he more focused on describing francis and henry?
he kisses francis back just because. he lets francis to continue to kiss his neck. they are literally messing around and he is enjoying it. sure, he tells francis to “give him a break” but when francis says it’ll be enjoyable, he doesn’t protest again. verb if charles hadn’t walked in on them, had they slept together? i am not doubting it.
he sees charles as very good looking. he appreciates camilla’s androgynous looks a lot. because she doesn’t look very traditional feminine. because she reminds him of charles??? he likes charles so much tho?