Reflections in a Golden Eye

Description

The novel takes place at an army base in the U.S. state of Georgia. Private Ellgee Williams, a solitary man full of secrets and desires, has served for two years and is assigned to stable duty. After doing yard work at the home of Capt. Penderton, he sees the captain's wife nude and becomes obsessed with her. Capt. Weldon Penderton and his wife Leonora, who grew up as an Army brat, have a fiery relationship, and she takes many lovers. Leonora's current lover, Major Morris Langdon, lives with his depressed wife Alison and her flamboyant houseboy Anacleto, near the Pendertons. Capt. Penderton, as a closeted homosexual, realizes that he is physically attracted to Pvt. Williams, but remains unaware of the private's attraction to Leonora.

First Sentence

AN ARMY POST in peacetime is a dull place.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Reflections in a Golden EyeThe Cresset Press1958-01-01
• Reflections in a golden eyeHoughton Mifflin company1941-01-01
• Reflections in a golden eye.Riverside Press1941-01-01
• Reflections in a golden eyeHoughton Mifflin Company1941-01-01
• Reflections in a golden eyeCresset Press1942-01-01
• Reflections in a golden eye.Cresset Press1942-01-01