One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels

"A hymn to gay liberation in the city, and to male beauty." - Darryl Pinckney, T, The New York Times Style magazine

"Nothing could be more beautiful than Holleran's tableaux of New York, those hot summer city nights when lonely men sit on their stoops or their fire escapes and stare at that endless parade of unattainable lovers." - Boston Globe

Andrew Holleran's landmark novel of a young man's search for love and companionship ...