Betram Cope's Year

In this quietly subversive novel, Bertram Cope, a reserved young professor, navigates academic life, social circles, and increasingly complicated relationships with other men at a Midwestern university. Beneath the surface of polite society lies a coded exploration of same-sex desire and emotional intimacy in a time when such themes could not be spoken aloud.

~ Included for its historical significance as one of the earliest American novels to center queer male relationships, offering insight into coded storytelling and the subtle defiance of early queer literature. ~