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SUMMARY:Book to be discussed:  “A Domestic Animal” by Francis King
DESCRIPTION:"Francis King's 1970 novel *A Domestic Animal* is the story o
 f Antonio Valli\\, a brilliant young Italian philosopher\\, who arrives t
 o do a year's research at a well-to-do university. He lodges with Dick Th
 ompson\\, a successful middle-aged novelist\\, and his good looks and imp
 ulsive yet immensely likeable character soon have Dick captivated. Valli 
 is someone who needs to be admired and loved and has an insatiable cravin
 g for attention from everyone he meets\\; he needs an audience to perform
  to and he finds this at the university\\, but especially in Dick's compa
 ny. It is not long before Dick Thompson has fallen completely in love wit
 h his charming - but very heterosexual - lodger. What follows is an ill-f
 ated relationship that can only end in disaster\\, but in *A Domestic Ani
 mal* King has created a novel of bitter longing and painful complexities.
  'Few English novelists have written with more might and assurance . . .'
  Spectator" — [goodreads.com](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76760
 80-a-domestic-animal?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_35)\\nAfter the meeting\\, we head o
 ver to Julius' (one of the oldest operating gay bars in NYC) to chat abou
 t things other than books. Julius' is at 159 West 10th Street (on the cor
 ner of Waverly Place\\, about a block from the library). www.juliusbarny.
 com\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/montclair/events/bo
 ok-to-be-discussed-a-domestic-animal-by-francis-king-2026-12-01
LOCATION:Jefferson Market Library\\, 425 Avenue of the Americas\\, (Sixth
  Avenue and 10th Street\\, Manhattan\\, NY\\, Manhattan\\, NY\\, us
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/montclair/events/book-to-be-discussed-a-domestic-animal-by-francis-king-2026-12-01
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