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John Foster's moving yet unsentimental account of the life of his partner, Juan Céspedes. In 1981 the young Cuban dancer Juan is a struggling dancer in NYC. There he meets John, an Australian historian. The two live in New York, where Juan tries to make it on Broadway. They cross the globe together, battling the disease taking the lives of gay men everywhere. Until his final days, Juan is captivating, witty, headstrong. First published in 1993, shortly before Foster's own death from AIDS, this a story told with humour and skill, about a radiant love affair in a time of darkness.
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About the Author
John Foster was born in Melbourne in 1944. He studied at the University of Melbourne, then in Germany and the United Kingdom. In 1971 he returned to the University of Melbourne, where for many years he lectured in the Department of History.
John Rickard worked as an actor and singer before taking up a lectureship in history at Monash University. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, and Copenhagen University.
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- PublisherText Classics
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1925355349
- ISBN 13 9781925355345
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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