After the deaths of two loves, Armand moves from France to face New York City and self-discovery. A woman hired by his acrimonious father tails him, although her attempts to seduce him break way to a unrequited infatuation. After Armand drifts through the city, he finally finds community in the artistic queer scene, where he receives support as a poet and as a man who loves other men. However, the nights of drinking, drugs, and naivete drag him into ruin.

André Tellier’s second novel.

Later prints as a pulp helped secure the novel’s reputation as a clichéd and dramatic story of the queer experience.

Editions

• New York : Greenberg (1931). 338pp.
• London : T. Werner Laurie Ltd. (1933). 296pp. Expurgated text.
• New York : Greenberg (1948). 251pp. Revised text. All subsequent editions use this text.
• New York : Lion Books (1950). 251pp. First pulp edition.
• Milan : Garzanti (1951). 225pp. Translated to Italian as Uomini del Crepuscolo by Vincenzo Loriga.
• New York : Pyramid Books (1957). 224pp. Contains six illustrations.

Also see:

• andretellier.com/