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The Darker Proof

by Adam Mars-Jones, Edmund White · 1987

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Seven stories that examine the various effects of AIDS on gay men, their families and their way of life.

Adam Mars-Jones:

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***Slim*** ; ***An executor*** ; ***A small spade*** ; ***Remission***

Edmund White:

***Palace days*** ; ***An oracle*** ; ***Running on empty***

Genre
gaygayMore like thisLess of this
Themes
LGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 309 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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