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Ford, Michael Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0758204078 ISBN 13: 9780758204073

Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp, 2004

Synopsis

A powerful novel of love, friendship, and community centers around a small town in upstate New York where seven gay men share their experiences as they try to find the perfect relationship. 10,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Thomas Ford is the author of the legendary essay series Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me, My Big Fat Queer Life and It's Not Mean If It's True (all available from Turnaround). He lives in San Francisco.

From Publishers Weekly:

In Cold Falls, N.Y., smalltown rules are changing as Ford's seven gay protagonists make lives for themselves far from big-city gay havens. This entertaining if overstuffed sophomore effort follows Russell and John, who decide to take a break from their sterile, suffocating seven-year relationship; Mike, a handsome bartender at the Engine Room, a cozy gay bar; Episcopal priest Thomas Dunn, who harbors a burgeoning crisis of faith; Stephen, a tax accountant who lives next door to his parents with only chat room fantasies for entertainment; and lonely, mid-60s Simon, whose longtime lover died a year ago. Affectionate Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner gatherings are an excuse for discussions about family ties, religion, gay marriage and the allure of country life. Meanwhile, the friends are pairing off: love blossoms between Mike and Father Thomas, and Russell and John try to fix Stephen up with their friend Greg. Wary Stephen, however, runs off to an adult cinema and gets violently pummeled by a self-loathing closeted mechanic named Pete, who later nearly kills Greg after a bad Internet hookup. Ford (Last Summer) handles his broad, diverse cast with aplomb, and his knowing sense of humor and emphasis on the positive make this novel as warm and inviting as a group hug.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0758204078
• ISBN 13: 9780758204073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 311