A moving love story chronicles the relationship of the late author with his partner, Roger Horwitz, who died from AIDS, touching on the author's commitment to Roger and their fight against the disease and the stigma that surrounded them. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. The author tells of the love and passionate struggle that he and longtime companion Roger Horwitz shared as Roger, a victim of AIDS, deteriorated, and the two men exhausted every avenue of medical help to prolong and improve his life This "tender and lyrical" memoir (New York Times Book Review) remains one of the most compelling documents of the AIDS era-"searing, shattering, ultimately hope inspiring account of a great love story" (San Francisco Examiner). A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the winner of the PEN Center West literary award.
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