ARGONAUT BOOKS

After being diagnosed with AIDS, Hervé Guibert wrote this devastating, darkly humorous and personal novel, chronicling three months in the penultimate year of the narrator's life. In the wake of his friend Muzil's death, he goes from one quack doctor to another, from holidays to test centres, and charts the highs and lows of trying to cheat death. Reviews [Full of] innovation and historical importance, ... breathtaking indiscretion, tenderness and gore.New York Times - Parul SehgalThe father of autofiction, the master of finding that perfect balance of truth and beauty.Guard...Read More