Larry Kramer won an Oscar for his screenplay in WOMEN IN LOVE, and has received quite a bit of attention for his political dramas. Sadly, they're not very good. WOMEN IN LOVE still reads as campy and overbaked, and the dramas seem shrill and uninteresting. In an essay on his much-lambasted satire JUST SAY NO, Kramer vigorously champions what he sees as the play's genius (he favorably compares himself to Aristophanes!), and though he rightly scores points against the prissier critics who deplored the play's lack of good taste he fails to consider that the play was (and remains) obvious and unfunny.

Kramer is an inspired political writer, and though you may disagree with him his essays are always worth reading if you care about gay identity. But he is a weak and obvious playwright and screenwriter.

"Women In Love" ranks among the finest films from an unrivaled era in screen history. "Faggots" was and remains a seminal American novel, and "The Normal Heart" one of the best and most produced American plays of the twentieth century. This book charts for lovers of great writing exactly how Kramer forged himself into a literary triple threat. It's easy to be distracted by his formidable civic achievements and confrontational public persona, but as an artist and living writer of fiction he ranks among the grand masters. This book is a treasure.

This book is very informative if you want to learn about the present day life of Japanese culture. The problem that I found was that there was no definite central character. The book needs improvement on the flow of the story. It had a good mix of fiction and non-fiction. In the story the author used facts from real life which helps the reader relate to it. There was a nice build up of tension throughout the story, but the ending was dissapointing. I expected a more dramatic ending. The interesting part of the book is the ideas of religions in different cultures and how the ideas of christianity are reflected in such an isolated society. The other good point of the story is that there are pieces of information which fit together to complete the puzzle. But again I was dissapointed by the ending. This is my opinion and if you disagree please feel free to email me.