First love in the Bronx, a souring marriage in Los Angeles, and a grandmother's ghost who refuses to stay silent.
Mikey, a young, gay Los Angeles man whose open marriage to Robert is souring, is flooded by thoughts of his native Bronx, his first love, and his Jewish heritage that force him to reckon with the reality of AIDS.
Douglas Sadownick's award-winning first novel, originally published by St. Martin's Press in 1994, returns for its thirtieth anniversary in a new edition with a foreword by Sarah Schulman.
"AIDS activism, Jewish folklore, New Age therapies, kinky sex, and some extraordinary passages."Publishers Weekly
"Truly break new ground in gay fiction."Library Journal
"By turns funny, darkly compelling, and moving."Booklist
"One of the half dozen best novels about gay men."Stephen O. Murray
"A riveting tale of survival during ACT-UP's heyday."David Strah