This book has been on my "to read" list for years. Why I never read it (or any thing else by Baldwin) I can't say. I am sorry I waited so long. Yes, it was a ground-breaking book a the time it was published. But the best thing about it is how beautifully written it is. It is the story of David, a young American living in Paris, who has fallen into a relationship with an Italian bartender named Giovanni while David's girlfriend is on a trip to Spain. The honest and tasteful way Baldwin writes of the characters and their expressions of bisexuality and homosexuality is not prurient. I look forward to reading more of Baldwin's works.
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