Book description
Graeme Aitken's last novel was fabulous...in fifty ways. This novel is
fabulous in fifty different ways...bitchy, funny, camp, tender, vain,
glamorous, capricious, seductive...like Sydney itself where this tale of
the city is set. The ultimate comic novel of gay Sydney à Â- Armistead
Maupin meets Melrose Place at the Mardi Gras!Stephen Spear is everyoneÃ
 s golden boy (including his own). Blond, blue-eyed, blessed with every
talent and advantage, he has the world falling at his feet. And heà  s
ready to trample all over it. When Stephen falls for Ant, the only gay
man he knows who still has chest hair, he is astounded to find his
desire unrequited. Or is it? Ant is so inscrutable, ità  s impossible
to be entirely sure. But Stephen is determined to get his man. And if
the wiggle of his cute butt isnà  t enough, then scheming, lying and
manipulating is second nature to him. Heà  s too young to realise that
love can be tricky enough without adding any extra complications. Vanity
Fierce is a love story thatà  s big on outrageous schemes, dark secrets
and firm muscles. Graeme Aitken was born and raised in Central Otago,
New Zealand but lives in Sydney, Australia where he works as a
bookseller. Vanity Fierce is his second novel. His first novel Fifty
Ways of Saying Fabulous was published in Australia, the UK and the U.
S.A. It was also adapted as a feature film in New Zealand and was
released in 2005. Graeme is also the editor of The Penguin Book of Gay
Australian Writing.
