âA case study in elegant, honest tragicomedyâŠby the genuinely hilarious Paul Rudnickâ (Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author) that follows the decades-long, rule-breaking romance between the son of one of Americaâs wealthiest families and a middle-class aspiring author.
Devastatingly handsome and insanely rich, Farrell Covington is capable of anything and impossible to resist. Heâs a clear-eyed romantic, an aesthete but not a snob, self-indulgent yet wildly generous. As the son of one of the countryâs most powerful and deeply conservative families, the world could be his. But when he falls for Nate Reminger, an aspiring writer from a nice Jewish family in Piscataway, New Jersey, the results are passionate and catastrophic.
Together, the two embark on a unique romance that spans half a century. They are inseparableâexcept for the many years when they are apart. Moving from the ivy-covered bastion of Yale to New York City, Los Angeles, and eventually all over the world, Farrell and Nate experience the tremendous upheaval and social change of the last fifty years. From the freedom of gay life in 1970s Manhattan to the Hollywood closet, the AIDS epidemic, and the profound strides of the LGBTQ+ movement, this witty and moving novel shows how the world changes around us while weâre busy doing other things.
Written with âengaging wit, side-eyed perceptiveness, and barbed elanâ (Michael Chabon), this modern classic proves that style has its limits, love does not.