On the surface a feather light fun campy pulp, underneath a glimpse into pre-Stonewall gay nightlife. The informative preface gives it a context in gay lit history and an unlikely but well-earned stature. What I liked about the story is while playing to this world's stereotypical expectations of him, our hero offers evidence that he is much more. He uses these societal preconceptions to his own ends -- inside and out of the gay community such as it was. As a result, he's brave and smart and very much a hero.