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Title	:	The Catch Trap
Author	:	Marion Zimmer Bradley
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 688 pages
Published	:	July 12th 1984 by Ballantine Books (first published January 1st 1979)
Categories	:	Fiction. Romance. M M Romance. LGBT. Historical. Historical Fiction. Gay

The Catch Trap Paperback | Pages: 688 pages

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Tommy Zane hates lions, a major obstacle in a family of lion tamers. But Tommy's dreams, and talent, fly higher, up in the rigging with the trapeze. When rising star Mario Santelli offers him flying lessons, it looks like the start of wonderful new life, and to Tommy's surprise, his relationship with Mario deepens even as his skill soars in the rigging. But life in the 1940s forces them to keep their love a secret, and the stress pushes both Tommy and Mario to a precipice. And as Mario flies higher and higher, Tommy begins to wonder if it will always be his role to catch Mario as he falls. A tremendously moving tale, a rich family saga, a wise and compassionate portrait of a special love in a cruel world.

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Original Title:	The Catch Trap
ISBN:	0345315642 (ISBN13: 9780345315649)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Tommy Zane, Mario Santelli

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I read this as a teenager decades ago. It was the first or one of the very first, books with gay characters and positive ones at that. It holds a special place in my heart.

This story, no matter how flawed it was at times, will stay with me forever. I adore Tommy and his loving patience and devotion carried his tortured lover Mario through their tulmutuous affair with each other and the circus. How could I forget the Flying Santellis? This was a beautiful, detailed and finely crafted novel. yes, in some places it dragged and at times the self deprecating was heavy, but the lovers grow and learn and in the end the magic of the story comes together in the last few

I think I'm going to have a hard time expressing how I felt about this book. Parts were magical and drug me right in. The author did a great job show casing the time period they lived in and the life in a traveling circus. I had an issue with more than one thing in this book though and in the end it was how blasted long it was that most impacted my rating. It just felt like it went on and on (and on.) The story focuses on Tommy, a teen who's parents are lion tamers in a traveling circus. Tommy

I was recommended to read this as an early entry into LGBT literature. Knowing that I have enjoyed other books by this author, I was looking forward to it. I never dreamed how much I would enjoy this. It's not erotica, most of the sexual escapades are not explicit at all. But the relationship that she develops between the two main characters is human, fallible, and rings true. They are each other's lifelines, and when they fully realize that along with their place in each other's lives as well

I'm interested in what other writers of GLBT think of Marion Zimmer Bradley. I feel almost as if a piece of her got blown into my heart a decade ago. Like a dandelion gone to seed.The Mists of Avalon was the first Arthurian legend based book that answered the need I had to see strong female characters in my favorite myth. Poor old Lord Tennyson had pretty much destroyed the women of the Round Table for me. Mindless idiots and evil witches. The Mists of Avalon was a sort of redemption.Bradley was

I read this book every year.It is like a vacation for me, I take time, set it aside and go visit Tommy and Matt for a few weeks. Every year it is different, every year it is the same. Every year I cry, every year I fall in love. There is so much magic in this book it s impossible to explain with just words, which is ironic since the magic was made with words but I digress.A tale of two trapeze artists told in the backdrop of Post World War II, this book spans years and years of Tommy and Matt

Struggled to halfway through and could not finish. This book is about the lives of a bunch of low rent acrobats and entertainers. A 14 yo's parents allowed the kid to drop out of school in order to travel and fool around in the circus with a completely unrelated family. One of the family members who trains the kid begins to fraternize with him; actually the love story is he is an emotionally unstable pedophile who begins to prey on the kid in his sleep, attempting to furnish him alcohol,