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My Government Means to Kill Me

My Government Means to Kill Me

First edition

Hardback (23 Aug 2022)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story, following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s NYC, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and Bel-Air Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, Earl 'Trey' Singleton III leaves his overbearing parents and their expectations behind by running away to New York City with only a few dollars in his pocket. In the City, Trey meets up with a cast of characters that change his life forever--from civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, who he meets in a Harlem bathhouse, to his landlord, Fred Trump, who he clashes with and outfoxes. He volunteers at a renegade home hospice for AIDS patients, and after being put to the test by gay rights activist Larry Kramer and civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton, becomes a founding member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). Along the way Trey attempts to navigate past traumas and searches

About the Publisher

Flatiron Books

Flatiron Books is a new division of Macmillan that will publish 2-3 titles per month, beginning in Winter 2015. Named after the historic building in which the company is housed, Flatiron Books is committed to publishing intelligent nonfiction with commercial appeal by authors with distinctive voices.

Book information

ISBN: 9781250833525
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Imprint: Flatiron Books
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20220119
Language: English
Number of pages: 276
Weight: 468g
Height: 163mm
Width: 242mm
Spine width: 25mm