Spreadeagle is one of the latest works by the seminal LGBT literary figure Kevin Killian, known elsewhere for his erotic short stories, poetry, plays, and performance pieces. The novel traces a series of relationships among a group of gay men against the backdrop of a media-saturated California. Composed over a span of two decades, the story demonstrates the potency of Killian’s casually matter-of-fact style in describing both internal and social turbulence.
“Skating nimbly over the vast surface of pop history through a forest of movie stars, pop sensation, and dazzling social technologies, Killian undoes the ties that bind a half-dozen Californian men…This is the great gay novel that America has been waiting for.” – from the publisher.