num_pages: 324
description: "A fine novel, remarkable for the purity of its ambitions". -- Washington Post Book World. The Streets are empty at night, and people see nothing because they have trained themselves not to. It is Argentina in time of the generals. Richard Garay lives alone with his mother hiding his sexuality from her and from the world. Stifled by a job he despises, he is willing to take chances, both sexual and professional The Falklands War enables him to disregard the Britishness he ha inherited from his mother, and the arrival of two American diplomat offer him new hope and the prospect of making his fortune.Argentina is changing, and as his country slowly makes its peace with the outside world, Richard tentatively begins a love affair -- but the Faustian bargain he has made with experience is gradually becoming a nightmare. Richard tells his picaresque story with a mixture o confessional guilt and awestruck wonder. The Story of the Night is a powerful, brave, and moving novel.
language: English
title: The Story of the Night: A Novel
titlecomplete: The Story of the Night: A Novel
genres: LGBT, Historical, Gay, Irish Literature, Gay Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 2612
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: Henry Holt & Co