Reflections in a Golden Eye

The novel takes place at an army base in the U.S. state of Georgia. Private Ellgee Williams, a solitary man full of secrets and desires, has served for two years and is assigned to stable duty. After doing yard work at the home of Capt. Penderton, he sees the captain's wife nude and becomes obsessed with her. Capt. Weldon Penderton and his wife Leonora, who grew up as an Army brat, have a fiery relationship, and she takes many lovers. Leonora's current lover, Major Morris Langdon, lives with his depressed wife Alison and her flamboyant houseboy Anacleto, near the Pendertons. Capt. Penderton, as a closeted homosexual, realizes that he is physically attracted to Pvt. Williams, but remains unaware of the private's attraction to Leonora.

First sentence: AN ARMY POST in peacetime is a dull place.

Year

1991

Language

English

Series

Penguin twentieth-century classics

Publisher

Penguin Books

Editions

11

Reader rating

4.0 / 5 (5)

Pages

124

ISBN

9780140181357

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