I was first introduced to many of the sources used by Evans in this book through radical feminist works(such as Merlin Stoe's 'When God Was A Woman', etc.) I was astonished to stumble upon this book which looks at the historical sources from a distinctly LGBT viewpoint.
Please note that this is a serious, scholarly work (the title alone should tell you this!) I get the impression that Evan's original manuscript was much longer than what actually got published (there are evidences of bad edits); not surprising given the richness of the material.
Evans writes from a radical anarchist stance, something that may be unfamiliar to many of today's readers. As such, the tone is often plodding and pedantic. But the bottom line is that to my knowledge no other book brings together these ideas and these sources in this way. Any reader will almost certainly find something truly profound here that he or she has never encountered before. And fortunately, the book's literary flaws are easy to dismiss, since it is not intended as entertainment. If nothing else, the extensive bibliography can launch a reader on a major voyage of discovery about who we are.
