<DIV><BR>A Queer Film Classic on Luchino Visconti's lyrical and controversial 1971 film based on Thomas Mann's novel about a middle-aged man (played by Dirk Bogarde) vacationing in Venice who becomes obsessed with a youth staying at the same hotel as a wave of cholera descends upon the city. The book analyzes its cultural impact and provides a vivid portrait of the director, an ardent Communist and grand provocateur.<br><BR>Will Aitken's novels include <I>Realia</I> and <I>Terre Haute</I>. Arsenal's Queer Film Classics series cover some of the most important and influential films about and by LGBTQ people.<BR></DIV>