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assassination of the entire American New Right. While the reasons for such a vengeance motif are perhaps evident, can it really be countenanced? Are we still justified in referring to this as art? And even if we are, is there a point at which such invective (and such suggestions) become simply counterproductive?" Another critic, however, called it "a masterful creation" and wrote: "In coming years Baker will be seen as having understood the implications of this period in our history while the rest of us were simply living it". It polarized the reading public as well, with letters to the editor of major newspapers both supporting and opposing Baker's ideology. Baker himself was aware that the book would be controversial, and deliberately provoked much of the reaction he received. He said: "
294:, was published under the pseudonym James Dillinger. A story of two gay fugitive lovers on the run, it presaged the satire and drug fueled violence so prominent in his later books. Here Baker began developing the themes that dominated his following works: anarchy; angry and somewhat paranoid gay men; the dark underside of Los Angeles, juxtaposed with its sunny outward image; the hypocrisy of organized religion; anonymous sex and its implications in the age of AIDS; and homophobia and the oppression of gays in a Republican dominated America. Its 221:, acting rebelliously, or appearing to advocate a revolution in manners), artists and gays. In high school during the 1960s he explored his sexuality at underground gay teen nightclubs, while living in fear that his abusive father would find out. At one point, his father hired a private detective to follow him, when he suspected Baker was having an affair with a male neighbor. This family dynamic would be used in many of his novels, most extensively in 570:, in that the protagonist's life is revealed in the form of interviews between the writer and the characters. Though it has been praised as "one of the few novels from the last couple of decades that could justifiably be called a classic", reviewers have also pointed out that it is probably unfilmable due to its bitter cynicism regarding the movie industry. 468:
went on to say, "I just wanted to explore the conflicts between gays and Latinos and gays and blacks ... the real feelings misapprehensions of each other. I realized it wouldn't all be nice and politically correct. If blacks (and Latinos) want my respect, they have to deal with their own homophobia. I'm not playing guilty liberal anymore".
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tries to convey in print what people really think rather than what they should think or what's P.C. My fantasy was to leave readers so infuriated they'd throw down the book and march right out to a gun store because they wanted to see the finale so bad they realize the only way it'd happen is if they
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There were also charges of racism, due to his portrayals of blacks and Hispanics. Baker denied those charges, and pointed out that the protagonist later realized that the blacks were also gay and the Latina "was just a sweet old woman putting up with a lot of (stuff) that I couldn't even imagine." He
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The book caused a great deal of controversy among critics, with some calling it "irresponsible", and saying it was "determined to give offense" and "appears to endorse violence". One critic of the book wrote, "The work rapidly becomes an apology for political terrorism and effectively advocates the
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Baker's lifelong ambition was to write. Upon graduating from UCLA, he spent approximately five years writing Hollywood screenplays in the early 1980s, a process he hated. While financially successful, he was frustrated that his work was not being produced. "I felt like a door-to-door salesman going
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I think a strong case can be made that political assassination actually does change things. If you look at the assassinations in this country in the 1960s you can certainly see how it affected history in a very profound way. So if you killed right wing figures, you'd also be altering the course of
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of underdog characters forced into flight due to circumstances beyond their control was one Baker explored in all of his subsequent work. The modest success of this novel encouraged him to devote himself to what have become his best known works,
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underwent an entire rewrite, with Brassart restructuring the plot and streamlining over 500 pages of prose and notes into a fast-paced, 250 page novel. For the reader, however, it is only Baker's voice as writer that is heard.
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have been optioned for the movies several times, most recently in 2004, though they were never produced. Baker's work has also been published in Germany, Sweden, Italy, Great Britain, Australia, Japan and Russia.
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Baker's work has achieved cult status in the years since his death, and two additional novels have been posthumously published. First-edition copies of his earlier works have become collector's items. His novel
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His primary focus was gay-themed writing, though he also wrote about the entertainment industry. Mostly satirical, his writing was filled with increasingly clear anger and disdain for the Republican
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and other practices; and often commit acts of extreme, surrealistic violence. A man of eclectic tastes, Baker cited as literary influences writers and film directors ranging from
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Baker began taking drugs, and became, in his own words, "an out of control, teenage speed freak". He also began drinking heavily, attributing it to the fact that he was
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in the United Kingdom wrote, "Baker's suicide is particularly tragic because it robs American gay writing of a refreshingly distinctive voice quite unlike the
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After his death, Baker's reputation steadily increased among critics and the reading public and his works gained cult status in the literary community.
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Baker's work received mixed reviews. His only two books not specifically gay themed (though containing gay characters and a somewhat gay sensibility),
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Luke, Gary (April 30, 1993). "Proto-Punk Brutalism Meets Semi-Ironic Hyper-Romanticism: James Robert Baker's Out-rage-ous Humor".
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Robertson, Baker's literary executor, was successful in having two additional novels published after Baker's death. One of those,
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at his home on November 5, 1997, by asphyxiation in his garage. His death was noted in literary circles and mainstream press; the
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Southern Californian household". Rebelling against his parents, he became attracted to the fringe elements of society, including
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is referenced in virtually every novel he wrote. The imagery in his novels is largely cinematic, with expressions such as "
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history, and eliminating people who might very well be president in 1996 and those who are making
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His work is filled with pop cultural references to both film and music, as well as politics.
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turn themselves into human bombs, but on the other hand I have to admit that if I clicked on
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characters who engage in taboo behaviors such as heavy drug use, incest,
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began to take a large toll on the gay community. A very strong voice in
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their number one issue right now. On the one hand, I'm not advocating
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to abandon his dream of film making and instead become a film critic.
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pornographer, was a controversial entry in the 1976 San Francisco's
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on blu ray in 2024 and ranked it the #1 "Best Shot-on-Video Film."
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are mentioned prominently in more than one of his books, and
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Three of Baker's books had not been published as of 2006:
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to all these pitch meetings ... rabid, hideous morons".
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Levy, Dan (June 20, 1993). "Up-Front or Undercover?".
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film school, where he was one of the winners of the
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Index

Boy Wonder (novel)
Baker in 1988
Long Beach, California
Pacific Palisades, California
Transgressional fiction
Tim and Pete
American author
transgressional fiction
Southern California
UCLA
Tim and Pete
life partner
film of the same name
Long Beach, California
Republican
beatniks
bohemian
closeted
coming out
UCLA
Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
Mickey Mouse Club
bondage
LGBT Film Festival
Nazism
Michael Medved
Adrenaline
plot device
Phil Spector
neo-con

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