{"product_id":"sweetheart-9781951092740","title":"Sweetheart","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBoys Like Us Trilogy, Book 2\u003c\/strong\u003e - In Peter McGehee's debut novel, Boys Like Us, reviewers noted his lean, mostly-in-dialogue, fast-paced comedy of manners with an arresting theme (\"I lose people ...\"), fascinating contemporary urban folklore, and a superbly funny airplane scene. In Sweetheart, Zero MacNoo is back in hilarious new situations, adding a dreamboat lover, a precocious child crooner, a first-cousin-first-love porn star, and some lesbian garage mechanics ... as the AIDS plague continues to descend.Two wildly divergent worlds - Zero's fiercely eccentric Southern family in Arkansas and the sophisticated urban gay community of Toronto, where he lives now - collide. His cousin Trebreh, the porn star, parks his teenaged daughter with Zero, complicating an already complex life as he tries to balance a budding romance, AIDS activism, and family responsibilities.Though Sweetheart is a novel about AIDS survival, McGehee carries off this grim topic with wry wit and warmth. It was published posthumously. This new edition is accompanied by introductions from Dr Raymond-Jean Frontain and long-time collaborator Fiji Robinson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A genuinely delightful gay domestic comedy so full of tangy dialogue and wacky situations that it screams for the stage or, better yet, the screen.\" - Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An utterly delightful book. I enjoyed every word of it!\" - Quentin Crisp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Accomplishes what may seem impossible: a humorous romp in the face of widespread death.\" - Library Journal\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Requeered Tales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454351347986,"sku":"9781951092740","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7bfc3fb9-9ca5-4885-9d31-fb334ab5aae1.jpg?v=1729866091","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sweetheart-9781951092740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}