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Second Son

Second Son

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Publisher's Synopsis

This novel explores the romance between Matthew and Mark, two young men who are both suffering from AIDS, and the tensions that this illness creates between Mark and his family. It is an uncompromising study of family life and the place of gay men within the family institution.;Other novels by Robert Ferro include "The Others", "The Blue Star" and "The Family of Max Desir". He was the recipient of the Ingram-Merril Award 1984/5 in the United States.

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Hutchinson

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. It is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends and non-fiction that is entertaining and erudite. We publish bestsellers, Helen Dunmore, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell, book club favourites, Aimee Bender, Anna Quindlen. We are committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills and recent acquisitions include Bonnie Nadzam, longlisted for the Women?s Prize, New York Times bestsellers, Sloane Crosley, Ayana Mathis, Marisha Pessl and Amor Towles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780091737689
Publisher: Hutchinson
Imprint: Hutchinson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 215
Weight: 361g
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm

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