Treasures on earth : a novel
- Title
- Treasures on earth : a novel
- Description
- This novel is a fictionalised depiction of a real expedition to Machu Picchu in Peru which was undertaken by Hiram Bingham in 1911. Running parallel to the main narrative is the story of the trip’s photographer, Willie Hickler, who discovers his sexuality when he falls in love with the expedition’s Peruvian assistant, Ernesto. Author Carter Wilson (1942?-), who later became an academic and Professor of Community Studies, described this book as “my coming-out novel”. The book was published by the well-established Knopf imprint and received good reviews, including from Christopher Isherwood who compared it to E. M. Forster’s ‘A Passage to India’.
- Creator
- Carter Wilson (1941-)
- Location
- New York (NY)
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf Inc
- Date
- 1981
- Tags
- Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986)
- Coming Out
- EM (Edward Morgan) Forster (1879-1970)
- Gay Fiction
- Gay Men
- Latin America
- LGBTQ+ Fiction
- Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
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