''An Italian novel of imperfect love and urgent grief''
NEW YORK TIMES
''I want everyone to read it; I want to press it into people''s hands. Surely one of the best novels I''ve ever read''
ANDREW SEAN GREER, author of Less
''A novel of dignified beauty''
OBSERVER
''A stunning novel . . . prepare to be deeply moved''
JACK PARLETT, author of Fire Island
''A discreet, lyrical meditation on the nature of male love''
EDMUND WHITE
Thomas, a young German musician, is dying. His older boyfriend, a renowned Italian writer named Leo, finds it impossible to watch the slow and inevitable demise of his lover; he condemns himself to moving cities every few weeks instead, in the hope of finding a semblance of peace.
He travels through Europe where past and present overlap, years merge and faces emerge - and where reminders of the life he and Thomas shared are on every corner. Le
