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Christodora a novel

"The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbor Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected to Milly and Jared's lives in ways none of them can anticipate...

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Main Author: Murphy, Timothy, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Grove Press, 2016.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease) > Fiction.
East Village (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951- > Fiction.
Historical fiction > New York.
Summary: "The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbor Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected to Milly and Jared's lives in ways none of them can anticipate. Meanwhile, Milly and Jared's adopted son Mateo grows to see the opportunity for both self-realization and oblivion that New York offers"--Amazon.com.
Item Description: Published simultaneously in Canada.
Physical Description: 432 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780802125286
080212528X
Author Notes: Tim Murphy has reported on HIV/AIDS for twenty years, for such publications as POZ Magazine , where he was an editor and staff writer, Out , Advocate , and New York magazine, where his July 2014 cover story on the new HIV-prevention pill regimen PrEP was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Magazine Journalism. He also covers LGBT issues, arts, pop culture, and travel for publications including the New York Times , Condé Nast Traveler , Details , and Yahoo! Style. He is the author of Getting Off Clean and The Breeders Box . He lives in Brooklyn.

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