Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighbourhood to a reporting job at one of the city’s biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can’t let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy. Andy Fleming’s newspaper-tycoon father wants him to take over the family business. Andy, though, has no intention of running the paper. He’s barely able to run his life–he’s never paid a bill on time, routinely gets lost on the way to work, and would rather gouge out his own eyes than deal with office politics. Andy… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Period-typical homophobia & threats of outing
- Infidelity recounted (protagonist’s ex-fiancée)
- Parental divorce recounted
- Physical sibling abuse recounted
- Alcohol consumption & mentions of smoking and drug use
- Death of a mother in a bombing recounted
- Police violence & corruption
- Blackmail
- Bullying (recounted & off-page)
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