Sick and Dirty: Hollywood's Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nonfiction

AN ALLSTORA'S QUEER HISTORY 101 BOOK CLUB PICK

"An absorbing landmark of film criticism.” --The Chicago Tribune, "The 10 Best Books of the Year"

A blazingly original history celebrating the persistence of queerness onscreen, behind the camera, and between the lines during the dark days of the Hollywood Production Code.

From the 1930s to the 1960s, the Motion Picture Production Code severely restricted what Hollywood cinema could ...