A fictional account, set in San Francisco, of an

attempt to assassinate the assassin of

a gay Supervisor

REVIEWS:

      "An excellent book."

                                        — Herb Caen                                        

     "A  tense drama around a small group of gay men

who plot  to murder a Dan White-like character

while he is in prison."

                                        — Bookpaper            

     "Buy this book and read it because it will entertain you. 

Its many other provocations are gratis." — The Advocate

     "...executes it brilliantly, creating a mesmerizing portrait

of White through the events and people that surround such a

revenge killing....  Curzon fans will cheer this one, and still

manage to find themselves outwitted at nearly every turn as  the

plot snakes its way over the hills of the famous city."

                                        — Drummer Magazine

     "Well written."                    — Library Journal

     "From start to finish, FROM VIOLENT MEN is a virtuoso

performance.  It is political thriller, moral fable, murder

mystery, hard-edged satire and black comedy blended into a story

of wish fulfillment turned horrendously askew."

                                        — S.F. Sentinel

     "A great book, one that the reader will not soon forget."

                                        — The Weekly News, Miami

     "FROM VIOLENT MEN,  while not always comfortable

reading, is a significant addition to gay male literature.  

Curzon's  tragic vision  of  human  passion and

human action has all  the  complex resonances 

of Greek tragedy. The style, structure and

characterizations suggest his exceptional

maturity as a writer.  With this novel he clearly

emerges as a major contributor to gay male

culture in particular and to American culture

in general."

                           — Philadelphia Gay News

     "It remains, to the final paragraph, suspenseful, engaging,

and brutally honest about the human condition."

                                        — California Voice