The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality as Metaphor

Mr. Highwater's encyclopedia knowledge, his original and completely convincing analogies, and his fleet, transparent musical prose make a book that both creates an extraordinary world of its own and also - brilliantly, unforgettably - illuminates the world in which we live. The book speaks to everyone - gay, straight, other - looking for a new way to synthesize the religious, political, aesthetic, and physcological legacies that make up who we are.

There are so many biased books for and against outsiders in general and homosexuals in particular that it is extremely agreeable to find a book that has both scope, poetry, and a remarkable vision of the worldwide community, past and present. Highwater takes on homosexuality as the most vivid metaphor of the outsider and in the process provides a rather spectacular view of the Western world from THE OUTSIDE!! The scholarship is remarkable. The language is as fluent as a novel. The ideas stimulating and eye-opening. Altogether, a most intriguing, not-to-be-missed book.