The Lord Won’t Mind

The Lord Won’t Mind, by Gordon Merrick (Avon paperback, 336 pp., $1.50).

Grandmother introduces exquisite grandson Charlie to exquisite cousin Peter. Perfect Charlie falls for perfect Peter. Handsome Peter falls for handsome Charlie. Lovely Charlie loves lovely Peter. Precious Peter adores precious Charlie. Magnificent Charlie dotes on magnificent Peter. Virile young Peter moves in with virile young Charlie. Eager Charlie meets eager Hattie. Aggressive Hattie detests aggressive Peter. Indecisive Charlie ignores miserable Peter. Scheming grandmother twists truth out of guileless Peter. Heartless grandmother forever banishes pitiable Peter. Cowardly Charlie deserts worshipful Peter. Foolish Charlie marries flip Hattie. Rejected Peter meets Tom, Dick, Harry, Hughie, Walter. Sad Peter meets terrific Tim. Tremendous Tim falls for tremendous Peter. Happy Peter falls for happy Tim. Ecstatic Tim promises eternal love to ecstatic Peter. Bitchy Hattie argues with bitchy Charlie. Enraged Charlie fights with enraged Hattie. Shrewish Hattie mauls hysterical Charlie. Furious Charlie wallops hideous Hattie. Beaten Hattie bleeds. Bloody Charlie beats it. Terrified Charlie runs to faithful Peter. Comforting Peter soothes prodigal Charlie. Truly faithful Peter dumps truly faithful Tim. Matured Charlie tells truth to Machiavellian grandmother. Liberated Charlie lives happily ever after with faithful Peter. Maybe the Lord won’t mind. Discriminating readers will. Gay liberation set back ten years.

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The Lord Won’t Mind, by Gordon Merrick (Avon paperback, 336 pp., $1.50).

Grandmother introduces exquisite grandson Charlie to exquisite cousin Peter. Perfect Charlie falls for perfect Peter. Handsome Peter falls for handsome Charlie. Lovely Charlie loves lovely Peter. Precious Peter adores precious Charlie. Magnificent Charlie dotes on magnificent Peter. Virile young Peter moves in with virile young Charlie. Eager Charlie meets eager Hattie. Aggressive Hattie detests aggressive Peter. Indecisive Charlie ignores miserable Peter. Scheming grandmother twists truth out of guileless Peter. Heartless grandmother forever banishes pitiable Peter. Cowardly Charlie deserts worshipful Peter. Foolish Charlie marries flip Hattie. Rejected Peter meets Tom, Dick, Harry, Hughie, Walter. Sad Peter meets terrific Tim. Tremendous Tim falls for tremendous Peter. Happy Peter falls for happy Tim. Ecstatic Tim promises eternal love to ecstatic Peter. Bitchy Hattie argues with bitchy Charlie. Enraged Charlie fights with enraged Hattie. Shrewish Hattie mauls hysterical Charlie. Furious Charlie wallops hideous Hattie. Beaten Hattie bleeds. Bloody Charlie beats it. Terrified Charlie runs to faithful Peter. Comforting Peter soothes prodigal Charlie. Truly faithful Peter dumps truly faithful Tim. Matured Charlie tells truth to Machiavellian grandmother. Liberated Charlie lives happily ever after with faithful Peter. Maybe the Lord won’t mind. Discriminating readers will. Gay liberation set back ten years.