In this luminous, affecting novel, National Book Award-winner Paul Monette explores the explosive relationship between two estranged brothers?one straight, one gay?and the ties of family, both the ones who create us and the ones we create on our own? ?I'm an only child.? That's been Tom Shaheen's standard line for years. He sees no reason to tell anyone the details of his cold, unloving Irish Catholic upbringing and his tortured relationship with his bullying brother, Brian. It was Brian, with his football-star good looks and raging homophobia, who reigned as the family favorite while Tom was the black sheep. Brian whom Tom both idolized and despised. The last thing Tom ever expects is to find is his brother at his beach house door, looking for help. But help is what Brian desperately needs. The golden boy has become a beaten man whose perfect life is fast unraveling. In Brian's...
Visa mer
Recensioner
Bli först med att recensera denna bok
