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Beckwith’s narcissism provides both
his own downfall and that of the book itself.
It’s a story told with mirrors front and back,
mirrors which reflect Beckwith’s own ver-
sion of the ideal world (and possibly
Hollinghurst’s own personal fantasy world
as well) rather than the real world. AIDS
has no place in such a world, destroying any
credibility the book might have had as a
comparison of British gay culture then
versus British gay culture now. Even as a
parody the book falls flat- it takes itself too
seriously to envince the dryest chuckle.

The Swimming Pml Library, though it
aspires to be “great literature,” winds up
being so self-obsessed as to become little
more than a well-written sexual fantasy.
It’s current paperback packaging even
makes it look like highbrow literature. In
actuality, The Swimming Pml Librag;
represents the shallow end of literary possi-
bility. You can swim as much as you like in
its waters, but there’s no diving allowed.

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policy of excluding and discharging gay
men and lesbians from the Armed Forces,
the Pentagon is extremely vulnerable to
political pressure to rescind its homopho-
bic and dangerous policy.

The Gay and Lesbian Military Free-
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their congressional representatives.

Your Senators and Representatives
need to hear from constituents that the
Pentagon must implement all recommen-
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The authors state, “Under prevailing social
conditions, a public admission of homo-
sexuality carries less stigma than is earlier
times, and is no legal bar to most
employment....Our studied conclusion is‘
that the military services will soon be asked ‘
by the courts or the Congress to reexamine
their policies and practices regarding re- 
cruitrnent and retention of men and women ‘
whose sexual interests deviate from the‘
customary.”

The PERSEREC report invites Con-‘
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Urge your Congressional representatives‘
to work for rescission of the DoD policy of ‘
exclusion and discharge. This policy,‘
which declares that “homosexuality is in-
compatible with military service,” was “
established in 1943 and has accounted for
the early discharges-- many of them undera
less than honorable conditions-- of 100,000 J‘
men and women. Additionally, a 1989,‘
Gallup poll indicated that 60% of respon-‘
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