For a generation Ethan Mordden''s tales about a tightly knit circle of friends who live within the shifting confines of gay Manhattan have entertained tens of thousands of readers and devoted fans. Now Mordden returns to his best-loved characters - the ultimate hunk Carlo; the best friend Dennis Savage; J. (who was once Little Kiwi); Cosgrove the maturing elf-child; and narrator and ultimate observer Bud - in this eagerly awaited new volume in the cycle. How''s Your Romance? brings the series and the characters full circle – from the early days just post-Stonewall to the vicissitudes delights and challenges of the early twenty-first century. Blending the comic the sexy the tragic and the at once realistic and idealistic these stories are Mordden at his very best.