It is, however, the novel in which his hometown of El Paso, Texas figures most prominently, and provides a valuable window into the personal impact of California's historic criminalization of homosexual behavior. According to the author's statements, this is his own least favorite work.
This Day's Death (Grove Press, 1969): This Day's Death looks at a man whose dying mother and humiliating trial (on "lewd behaviour" charges following an arrest in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California) leave him with nothing left to lose but his dignity and passion. Numbers (Grove Press, 1967): In Numbers, the protagonist seeks to convince himself that he is desirable, if not loved, by the sheer numbers of men who bed him however, he has a problem he can't solve-he's getting older, and his looks are beginning to fade. It is a story of a lonely male hustler who desperately seeks to find love on the bright neon streets of New York City, Los Angeles, and New Orleans. I wrote City of Night because they were my experiences hustling, and it began as a letter. City of Night (Grove Press, 1963): According to Rechy, "City of Night began as a letter to a friend of mine after I had been to New Orleans.
Rechy is the author of the following novels and other works: His work has often faced censorship due to its sexual content, particularly (but not solely) in the 1960s and 1970s, but books such as City of Night have been best sellers, and he has many literary admirers. Drawing on his own background, he has also contributed to Chicano literature, especially with his novel The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, which is taught in several Chicano literature courses in the United States. In his novels he has written extensively about homosexual culture in Los Angeles and wider America, and is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature. Elisa_rolle John Francis Rechy (born Main El Paso, Texas) is an American author.
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