Author Thomas Mallon's sweeping new historical novel captures a slice of gay life in mid-to-late 20th century America as it reimagines the life — and violent death — of B-list actor Dick Kallman.
Google the real-life actor,"Dick Kallman" and you'll see one of those faces that just misses. Here's how, describes the young Kallman's looks when he made his stage debut in 1951:
That townhouse doubled as a showroom for his antiques business, which he called,"Possessions of Prominence." For Mallon, that preposterously bloated name reveals something essentially off-putting about Kallman's personality.
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