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James Baldwin, author
Giovanni's Room (1956) was one of the few novels
of the time to deal openly with homosexuality and
it was not generally welcomed. His agent advised
him to burn the manuscript and his publisher
rejected it. However, he managed to get it
published in both the US and Britain.
