The Queer Life and Afterlife of Roger Casement

The Queer Life and Afterlife of Roger Casement Books of Critical Interest Brian Lewis McGill University The year is 1910, the scene, Iquitos in northeastern Peru, a river port as far up the Amazon as steamboats traveled. Roger Casement, sauntering along the waterfront at night, is on the prowl, hoping to make eye contact. He exchanges glances with a handsome youth. The youth heads along a wooden pier and under the boardwalk. Casement follows....