Eighty-Sixed

<b>A black comedy about the AIDS crisis that is by turns raunchy hilarious and heartrending--<i>The Advocate</i> <p/>The national bestselling novel of a young gay man living in NYC at the height of the AIDS epidemic.</b> <p/>At times dark at others funny and as important today as when it was first published <i>Eighty-Sixed</i> follows the live of B.J. Rosenthal as he searches for a boyfriend and tries to find meaning and purpose within a city suffering from the fear loss loneliness that accompanies the HIV/AIDS crisis. <p/>Over only a few years B.J.'s life changes shape dramatically and he finds himself navigating the ever more frightening landscape of an epidemic-rattled 1980s NYC where he's as likely to go on a hook up with a new prospect as he is to attend a funeral for a friend. This must-read piece of classic LGBTQIA+ literature provides a crucial look at what it meant to be gay and seeing love safety and community in a rapidly shifting and increasingly dangerous world.