num_pages: 336
description: From the award-winning author of Brooklyn and The Master, a powerful, brave, and moving novel set in Argentina.In Argentina, in the time of the Generals, the streets are empty at night, and people have trained themselves not to see. Richard Garay lives with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from society. Stifled by his job, Richard is willing to take chances, both sexually and professionally. But Argentina is changing, and as his country edges toward peace, Richard tentatively begins a love affair. The result is a powerful, brave, and poignant novel of sex, death, and the diffculties of connecting one's inner life with the outside world.
language: English
title: The Story of the Night
titlecomplete: The Story of the Night
genres: LGBT, Historical, Gay, Irish Literature, Gay Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 2613
places: Argentina
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Ferro-Grumley Award
category: Gay Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: The Publishing Triangle Award
category: The Ferro-Grumley Awards
publisher: Scribner