In memory of Angel Clare

By Christopher Bram

Subjects: Gay men, Death, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, LGBTQ HIV/AIDS, Interpersonal relations, AIDS (Disease), Fiction, Stonewall Book Awards, Gay men, fiction, United states, fiction, Gay men and AIDS, LGBTQ novels

Description: A year after the AIDS-related death of filmmaker Clarence Laird, known to friends as Angel Clare, his young boyfriend, Michael, is still in deep mourning. Clarence’s older, sophisticated friends—male and female, gay and straight—find themselves the custodians of Michael, a callow kid they never liked much to begin with. What follows is a dark, intimate comedy about real grief and false grief, misunderstanding, friendship, love, and forgiveness.