- Write an article
- Start discussion
- Create a list
- Upload a video
John Rechy's "City of Night" is notable for its exposé approach to and stark depiction of hustling, as well as its stream of consciousness narrative style. Set in the 1960s, the book follows the travels of a young man across the country, from New York City, to Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Orleans, while working as a hustler. from New York City, to Los Angeles, San Francisco and New Orleans. John Francisco Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is a Mexican American novelist, essayist, memoirist, dramatist and literary critic. In his novels he has written extensively about gay culture in Los Angeles and wider America, among other subject matters, and is among the pioneers of modern LGBT literature.