The Hustler: The Story of a Nameless Love from Friedrich Street

This period novel, originally published in German in 1926, gives a very interesting look at gay love set behind the gay underground in Berlin. The story tells of one lonely man's attraction to a boy prostitute. I found MacKay's passionate descriptions of gay love and attraction, at this period in history, to be beautifully written.Also interesting, from an historic point, are the descriptions of the gay underground of that time. He describes the bars, street boys, cruising tactics and other elements that catapult you back to the time.