Goldenboy

By Michael Nava

Subjects: Gay men, Lawyers, fiction, Investigation, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, Fiction, legal, Mexican Americans, LGBTQ HIV/AIDS, Lambda Literary Awards, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Henry Rios (Fictitious character), Murder, California, fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, Gay detectives, Rios, henry (fictitious character), fiction, LGBTQ mystery, Gay men, fiction

Description: By the beginning of Goldenboy, Henry has become sober, finding spirituality in his recovery while becoming further engaged in gay activism. He decides to assist a Los Angeles attorney who is dying of AIDS with the defense of a young gay man on trial for killing a coworker who threatened to out him. Goldenboy probes explosive themes of homophobia and exploitation within the gay community and also introduces Josh Mandel, who will become a critical part of the series arc.