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Stranger in the land

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This is a novel about homosexual blackmail. The victim is Raymond Manton, a twenty-eight-year-old English teacher in a small New England town. The blackmailer is a twenty-year-old (in the 1940's he is underage) youth named Terry, with Raymond has what …

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This is a novel about homosexual blackmail. The victim is Raymond Manton, a twenty-eight-year-old English teacher in a small New England town. The blackmailer is a twenty-year-old (in the 1940's he is underage) youth named Terry, with Raymond has what is more a frienship than a sexual relationship. The police is arresting more and more homosexuals and it is obvious that a witch-hunt is under way in the town. Manton thinks about suicide but is maybe murder an option?

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"This is a novel about homosexual blackmail. The victim is Raymond Manton, a twenty-eight-year-old English teacher in a small New England town. The blackmailer is a twenty-year-old (in the 1940's …"

— Margaret

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