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Banned & Challenged Books

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh | 1945

Challenge reasons: LGBTQ themes, alcoholism, infidelity, sexual content

In 2005, AL Rep. Gerald Allen proposed legislation that would have banned the use of public funds to purchase books such as this one that recognize or promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.