{"product_id":"the-raid-lee-lynch-9781602827530","title":"The Raid","description":"Before Stonewall, having a drink with friends or your girl could mean jail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1961, The Old Town Tavern is more than just a gay bar. It's a home to strangers who have become family. Murph, the dapper unschooled storyteller. Rockie Solomon, the gentle, generous observer. Lisa Jelane, in all her lonely dignity. Gorgeous Paul, so fragile, and his twin (straight?) sister Cissy. Deej, the angry innocent. Norman, plump and queenly lover of a college professor who's happiest in schoolmarm drag. Harry Van Epps, police officer, and old Dr. Everett, \"family\" physician. They drink, they dance, they fall in lust and in love. They don't even know who the enemy is, only that it is powerful enough to order the all-too-willing vice squad to destroy the bar and their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWould these women and men still have family, a job, a place to live after...The Raid? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis was how it was done then, this was the gay life, and this is the resilient gay will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Lynch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1602827532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602827530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Strokes Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Lee Lynch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938636824831,"sku":"9781602827530","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b9bdcee9-8f9a-4fb5-851e-9d1b4e065146.jpg?v=1681436860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-raid-lee-lynch-9781602827530","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}