Gents
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Gents is a novel by Warwick Collins
Warwick Collins
Warwick Collins is a British novelist, screenwriter, yacht designer, and evolutionary theorist.Collins was born in Johannesburg to English-speaking parents. His father, Robin Collins, was a novelist who wrote under the nom-de-plume Robin Cranford...

 first published in 1997
1997 in literature
The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Tom Clancy signs a book deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and Penguin Putnam Inc. , giving him US$50 million for the world-English rights to two new books . A second agreement gives him another US$25 million for a...

. It is set in the unlikely environment of a "Gentlemen's" toilet, somewhere in London.

Plot introduction

From Jamaica, Ez Murphy, takes a cleaning job in a "Gents" lavatory. His eye are opened to the meetings that take place in this unusual setting.

Literary significance and reception

"Mr. Collins is able to express, deftly, several contrasting views of homosexuality. ..., resolves to make up his own mind about alternative life styles and does precisely that, with a mixture of love and logic."
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