{"product_id":"the-men-from-the-boys-9781504087704","title":"The Men from the Boys","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis classic novel by bestselling author William J. Mann features a gay man trying to come to terms with sex, friendship, aging, and falling--and staying--in love\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This stunning slice of gay life at the turn of the millennium introduces thirtysomething Jeff O'Brien. After six years, his lover, Lloyd, has just announced that the passion between them has died. Terrified of ending up alone, Jeff turns his eye toward other men. But the anonymous, impersonal encounters leave him feeling sordid and used. In search of love during this \"last summer in which I am to be young,\" he finds romance with a beautiful houseboy named Eduardo. At twenty-two, Eduardo is the same age Jeff was when he began a relationship with the older David Javitz, a leading activist now gravely ill with AIDS. But David became more than a lover to Jeff, who wasn't yet out of the closet. He was his mentor and cherished friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Narrated by Jeff, who's caught between the baby boomers and generation X, the novel shuttles between summers in Provincetown and winters in Boston. \u003ci\u003eThe Men from the Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is about the illusive nature of love and desire--\"the magic that happens across a dance floor,\" leaving you \"forever young.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam J. Mann is best known for his studies of Hollywood and the American film industry, especially \u003ci\u003eKate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn\u003c\/i\u003e, named a Notable Book of 2006 by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2012. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won the Lambda Literary Award, and has published several novels, including the Edgar Award-winning\u003ci\u003e Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50457620775186,"sku":"9781504087704","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0556fca7-d9b8-4ed2-90c7-09e7cbf81f06.jpg?v=1729935350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-men-from-the-boys-9781504087704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}