- Paperback: 228 pages
- Publisher: Chatto & Windus; First Edition edition (18 Mar 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0701156732
- ISBN-13: 978-0701156732
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,701,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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John, the narrator, runs away from an abusive father to become a hustler in New York. Set in 1982, 19-year-old John falls in love with Martin, who soon becomes ill with AIDS. The book then looks at sexual love and the realities of affection and dependence.
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This is a very special book indeed. It is so complex. You really end up caring for the characters, John and Martin. However the magic about this tale is that nothing is straight-forward: the fact that the characters have names is a way of suggesting how meaningful people are to John.Martin is not one person, but the name of anyone who John feels an identity with. The structure of the novel parallels that of Pulp Fiction - no linear action, but broken recollections of life, with no apparent coherency. The language has a simplicity that makes the story even more moving, through understatement. The last chapter is so realistic that you feel angry at the book having to end at all.
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