Love and death on Long Island
By: Gilbert Adair.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Grove Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Description: The basis for the hit independent film starring Jason Priestly and John Hurt, Love and Death on Long Island is an update of Death in Venice. When he wanders into the wrong theater and finds himself watching the wretched teen-pic Hotpants College II, cerebral British author Giles De'Ath becomes romantically obsessed with dreamboat Ronnie Bostock. Giles's infatuation drives him to the unthinkable: he reads American fan magazines and watches movies with titles like Tex Mex and Skid Marks.

And finally, he travels to Long Island, intent on meeting Ronnie in the flesh.