Boys Like Us

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Boys Like Us Trilogy Book 1</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Peter McGehee's debut novel is a rompish bed-hopping affair - a modern comedy of manners - in which our twentysomething protagonist Zero MacNoo performs all the rituals - sexual familial and grievous - required of urban gay males in the early 1990s. It is a remarkable comedy about life love and friendship in the age of AIDS.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Zero an Arkansas expat who has swapped out Little Rock for the cool contemporary tones of Toronto gay life is perplexed by the curveballs of fate. His best friend has been diagnosed with AIDS; Zero is frantic to organize a circle of support. And when Arkansas also calls it's to support his mother's second marriage and confrontations with the zany array of crazed Southerners he calls family ensue.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Funny bittersweet outrageous and moving Zero's adventures make up the first part of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Boys Like Us</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> trilogy. This new edition is accompanied by introductions from Dr Raymond-Jean Frontain and long-time collaborator Fiji Robinson.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An utterly delightful book. I enjoyed every word of it! - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Quentin Crisp</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>... a gem of a novel. </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Boys Like Us</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is funny sexy tender and touching - often in the same sentence. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Larry Duplechan</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As it celebrates the strength and staying power of gay friendships Peter McGehee's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Boys Like Us</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> goes out of its way to show you a good time - and you won't hate yourself in the morning. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>New York Native</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)></span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Boys Like Us</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is an affable enjoyable story ... McGehee has the ability through an ingratiating style and witty observations to transform Zero's everyday life into something we care about. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Michael Bronski</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Accomplishes what may seem impossible: a humorous romp in the face of widespread death. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Library Journal</em></p>