Better Angel is a novel by Forman Brown first published in 1933 under the pseudonym Richard Meeker. It was republished as Torment in 1951. It is an early novel which describes a gay lifestyle without condemning it.[1] Christopher Carey called it "the first homosexual novel with a truly happy ending". *a portion of this sale will be donated to Black and Pink an organization for LGBTQIA people who’ve been through the prison system.