Dancer Dawkins and the California Kid

by Willyce Kim

Book Overview

A sapphic novel ahead of its time that delights in queer joy, love, and adventure

Dancer Dawkins is a swift-footed, weed-smoking football stud. Her lover, Jessica, left their place in Los Angeles to join a Napa Valley cult, where she believes she has found salvation. Willie Gutherie, the cigar-smoking, self-proclaimed California Kid, collides with Dancer in San Francisco, and the two join forces to liberate Jessica from the clutches...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295752076
• ISBN13: 9780295752075
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Very entertaining and sexy

I loved this novel and was very happy this author was recommended reading in the book 'Lovers - love and sex stories' by Tee Corinne saying "Willyce Kim melds poetry with lust and charm". Also look for 'Under the rolling sky' by Willyce Kim (1976) described as ".. A joyous, affirming approach to woman-centered sexuality ..." by Tee Corinne in her anthology 'Dreams of the Woman Who Loved Sex'. This is a Keeper! Look for `Dead Heat' a follow-up novel to Dancer Dawkins. From the back of the book - The most unusual lesbian novel of the year. And the most politically incorrect. Dancer Dawkins views life best from behind a pile of hotcakes. But her lover, Jessica Riggins, has fallen into the clutches of Fatin Satin Aspen, the insidious leader of Violia Vincente's Venerable Brigade. Something has to be done. Meanwhile, Little Willie Guthrie of Bangor, Maine, renames herself The California Kid, stocks up on Rubbles Dubble bubble gum and her father's best Havana cigars and heads west. When this crew collides in San Francisco, what can be expected? Just about everything....