description: Patrick O'Neil is a travel agent who never goes anywhere. His closest confidante, Sharon, is chain-smoking her way to singles hell, passing up man after man. His parents, proprietors of a suburban men's store whose fortunes are sagging more visibly than its customers, can't agree how best to interfere in their sons' lives. And his lover, Arthur (a nice golden retriever of a guy to whom Patrick can't quite commit), wants to cement their relationship by buying a house. Then a call comes in the middle of another sleepless night. Tony, Patrick's straight-as-an-arrow younger brother, has fallen in love with a beautiful lawyer who is turning him on to..."opera." Unfortunately, she's not the woman he's already pledged to marry. Tony's life is a mess. Finally, the brothers have something in common.
language: English
title: The Easy Way Out
titlecomplete: The Easy Way Out
genres: Queer, Novels, Gay Fiction, LGBT, Gay, Fiction, Humor, Contemporary
ratings_count: 684
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature
publisher: Granta Books