Jeremy Atherton Lin

From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Gay Bar comes a rule-breaking, sweat-soaked, genre-busting story of outlaw love. It's 1996, and Jeremy, a young American, has met the British boy of his dreams—just as, amid a media frenzy, US Congress prepares the Defense of Marriage Act, denying same-sex couples rights including immigration. The pair snatch time in forests...

The acclaimed, genre-busting story of love, memory and the fight for marriage equality, from the award-winning author of Gay Bar. A Book of the Year for The New Yorker It's 1996, and Jeremy, a young American, has met the British boy of his dreams—just as, amid a media frenzy, US Congress prepares the Defense of Marriage Act, denying same-sex couples...

'A brilliantly written and incisive account of gay life in Los Angeles, San Francisco and London' - Colm Tóibín 'An absolute tour de force' - Maggie Nelson Neon lights and dark rooms; pumping house and drag queens on counters; first kisses, last orders; the gay bar has long been a place of joy, solidarity, and sexual expression, whatever your scene,...