I was beginning to think that homophobia was a thing of the past. It has been so long since anyone I knew has had any hassle of any description that I was beginning to think that we didn’t need to worry about homophobia anymore. Continue reading
So the reviews are all in… here’s what some of the press thought.
Richard Labonte – Books To Watch Out For
“Can love last? Can gay men find domestic contentment? Alexander asks and answers pesky questions central to the homo condition in this perceptive, entertaining novel that showcases his warm wit, his wry insight, and his commendable knack for crafting queer characters with real dimension. Gay fiction doesn’t get much better than Better Than Easy.”
Paul Burston – Time Out
“Better Than Easy is my favourite of Nick Alexander’s novels so far. It’s sweet, sexy, funny and tender, and I’m not ashamed to say I laughed and cried.”
Rob Dawson – Gay Times
“Nick Alexander does something quite exceptional with words… It’s touching, funny, and damn sexy at times, causing a stir in more ways that one. I loved 13:55 Eastern Standard Time, I loved the last three volumes of the 50 Reasons series, and I loved this book. Rob Dawson..”
Blaze magazine
“Better Than Easy is very readable – unlike so much gay fiction – and Alexander successfully paints a series of characters self-absorbed and full of human frailties. Like all of us really… … A touch of W.H Auden perhaps? This reviewer now wants to read the first three books as well…
Melbourne Community Voice
“There’s enough spice to keep the story moving along and Alexander has the Dickensian knack of using accidental meetings and coincidences to advance his plot. The real beauty of the writing is in the carefully observed comings and goings of the relationship between Tom and Mark.
Gscene Brighton
“The message of the story is about not settling for what’s comfortable but, instead, striving for what’s ‘better than easy’. The issues in regards to Tom and Mark’s relationship are quite realistic, showing that the underlying doubts we have about a person are usually justified. But it gives a positive message that long-term relationships are achievable, no matter what your sexuality – it’s all to do with your own beliefs.
UK Event Dates.
I will be reading/signing/chatting at the following events:
Thurs 19th March 7pm, London. Gays The Word Bookstore, 66 Marchmont Street
Weds 15th April, 7pm, Polari, Freedom Bar, 66 Wardour Street. (Ooh noo – too many sixes – its a sign).
Fri 17th Apri, The White Hart pub, 7pm, Wolverhampton
Come along and say, “hello!”
Perry looks at the roses, starts to turn away, and then hesitates. A cliché, expensive, impermanent, sure… But it would be good to arrive with something.
Yet they have the whole weekend together. He will have time to find her something nice. Something meaningful. He steps to the left, merges back into the flow of commuters and continues to be swept towards the Circle Line. Continue reading
“Cute,” he had said – it was true, that was the word he had used – and it would probably haunt him to the grave. The gay guy who thinks the dormice are, “cute,” would be his handle for evermore, at least within the bounds of this tiny village. Continue reading
“Combining” by Nick Alexander © 2008 – All rights reserved
Sleep evades me. The wind is hurling itself, invisible battalions crashing against the shutters. I imagine that the subsonic thuds are the lines they show on weather maps, smashing to smithereens, cartoon style, on the walls of the building, hopelessly, pointlessly. Continue reading
“Californian Haggis” by Nick Alexander © 2007 – All rights reserved
It is colder up here than he had thought it would be. Of course, he knew that the Poconos were gonna be cold in winter. He had those photos of he and Gina with the snow-capped mountains in the background to remind him of that. But he had somehow romanticized the idea of the cold and in doing so had reduced it to crisp glittering frost and whisky nightcaps and log-fires – images which have nothing to do with the dirty melting sludge outside his doorway, or the fact that he can see his breath as he tries to get the damp kindling in the fireplace to light. Continue reading
“Cold Turkey” by Nick Alexander © 2007 – All rights reserved
It never ceases to amaze him, that thing that life does, how quickly it can switch from one state to another.
A year ago, for example, he had been happily married – and that was no cliché: he had been married, and happy with it. And then one Friday evening he came home, and life did that thing that it does. Continue reading
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