Two Gentlemen Sharing [Print on Demand (Paperback)]

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• Print on Demand (Paperback): 400 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0349120145
• ISBN-13: 978-0349120140
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a laugh a minute romp through the english countryside, October 26, 1999

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This review is from: Two Gentlemen Sharing (Paperback)

A farcical and hilarious examination of what happens when two men sharing decide to spend some time together in the country side! The story never ceases to engross the reader ,and reviews the lighter side of the diffilculties of human sexuality.

Corlett the greatest writer of the 90's , (though only attracting a cult following),has achieved greatness yet again!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Share and Share Alike, September 11, 2000

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Allen Smalling "Constant Reader," (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Gentlemen Sharing (Paperback)

A rich theatrical producer and his middle-aged lover buy the grandest house in what has to be the wackiest little village in Britain. They hope to get along with the locals, but as "two gentlemen sharing" they fear their little burg may not be ready for gay acceptance.

Corlett sets out his own take on the British postcolonial farce, which is trying to satirize a satire. As such he doesn't use a great deal of plot but keeps introducing characters, one more outrageous than the next. There's Doris Day the cleaning lady, who remembers her namesake's tunes but mangles the lyrics beyond recognition. There's the extortionist who runs the grocery store, the corporate wives, the timid wife-next-door and her martinet husband, an ex-RAF type. There's even a drop-dead-gorgeous Italian dropped into the stew to keep things going. We have to be forcibly reminded that Rich, the theatrical producer, is in the States during most of these goings-on. The action culminates in a concert to which the whole town has been invited, and for which there are unforeseen and irreversible consequences.

"Two Gentlemen Sharing" isn't subtle. It isn't interior. But it's good fun and if you don't ask too much of it, it's enjoyable.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Diverting, but Hardly Original, July 11, 2000

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A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Two Gentlemen Sharing (Paperback)

This is a light and breezy small village comedy of manners, a la P.G. Wodehouse, albeit with a gay theme. When a rich London theatrical producer buys the "Hall House" in a small village an hour outside London, and installs his young boyfriend there, wacky antics ensue. The books is chock-a-block with misunderstandings, mistaken identities, secret longings, and over-the-top characters. Per the genre, the book ends with all the characters gathered for a party which quickly degenerates into a wild fiasco in which all is revealed and resolved. It's all fairly diverting stuff, although I never found it laugh-out-loud funny, nor particularly insightful on gay issues.