The Occasional Man

From the dust jacket of the first British edition (1968): Once again, writing with the dramatic blend of compassion, wisdom, and humor that is his unique signature as a novelist, James Barr has drawn another unforgettable portrait of the shadow world of forbidden love among men. Clearly a novel written for the adult reader, THE OCCASIONAL MAN is a mature and distinguished work of literature that poses some challenging and controversial attitudes towards one of society's most whispered-about subjects. The hundreds of thousands of readers whose devotion to Quatrefoil has made that novel a modern classic, will find that THE OCCASIONAL MAN is in every way a novel of compatible merit, honesty and vivid artistry.