Title: Goldenboy
First published: 1988
Description: By the beginning of Goldenboy, Henry has become sober, finding spirituality in his recovery while becoming further engaged in gay activism. He decides to assist a Los Angeles attorney who is dying of AIDS with the defense of a young gay man on trial for killing a coworker who threatened to out him. Goldenboy probes explosive themes of homophobia and exploitation within the gay community and also introduces Josh Mandel, who will become a critical part of the series arc.
Subjects: Fiction, Henry Rios (Fictitious character), Mexican Americans, Gay men, Murder, Investigation, Gay detectives, LGBTQ mystery, LGBTQ HIV/AIDS, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, Fiction, legal, Rios, henry (fictitious character), fiction, San francisco (calif.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, California, fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, Lawyers, fiction, Gay men, fiction
Places: Los Angeles (Calif.)