Description The 1982 novel of love and recovery from alcoholism back in print. A Comfortable Corner is a novel like no other, alive with hope and struggle, desperation and compassion, loneliness and community. Gay, straight, generational -alcoholism and recovery is an American story. This historically important, socially relevant book is now back in print for the first time since 1982. Vincent Virga is the author of the first gay gothic romance, Gaywyck (1980) with a happy ending, as well as A Comfortable Corner (1982) and Vadriel Vail (2001). Virga is the only person in NYC publishing who researches, edits, designs, & captions picture inserts for nonfiction books; he has done 163 books. He also spent over two decades working with the curators at the Library of Congress on 29 books. He is currently experiencing a renaissance with all his fiction returning to print, including two unpublished Gaywyck books completing the Gaywyck Quartet. His life-companion since 1964 is the fellow writer James McCourt. Their papers are held at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. They live in Manhattan and Ireland.
