Publisher's Synopsis
An exceptionally honest, expressive work...a sane novel about living in an insane time' - NY Times '[A] fast-paced novel that swings between humour and tragedy...people who are dying and people who are afraid to live' - Los Angeles Times The National Book Award winning author of Becoming aMan here tells the story of Tom Shaheen, a man forced to retire because he has AIDS. But his newly isolated world is shaken when his brother, an ex-football hero, arrives seeking sanctuary from his shady past, and an unexpected affair teaches Tom that there can be life after AIDS.'
