{"product_id":"eightysixed-isbn-9780140112528","title":"Eighty-Sixed","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A black comedy about the AIDS crisis that is by turns raunchy, hilarious, and heartrending”—\u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe national bestselling novel of a young gay man living in NYC at the height of the AIDS epidemic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt times dark, at others funny, and as important today as when it was first published, \u003ci\u003eEighty-Sixed\u003c\/i\u003e follows the live of B.J. Rosenthal as he searches for a boyfriend and tries to find meaning and purpose within a city suffering from the fear, loss, loneliness that accompanies the HIV\/AIDS crisis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver only a few years, B.J.’s life changes shape dramatically, and he finds himself navigating the ever more frightening landscape of an epidemic-rattled 1980s NYC, where he’s as likely to go on a hook up with a new prospect as he is to attend a funeral for a friend. This must-read piece of classic LGBTQIA+ literature provides a crucial look at what it meant to be gay and seeing love, safety, and community in a rapidly shifting and increasingly dangerous world.\u003cb\u003eDavid B. Feinberg\u003c\/b\u003e was an American writer and AIDS activist. He was the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eEighty-Sixed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpontanous Combustion\u003c\/i\u003e, and an autobiographical essay collection, \u003ci\u003eQueer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301966991589,"sku":"NP9780140112528","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140112528.jpg?v=1767725900","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/eightysixed-isbn-9780140112528","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}