This copy has been SIGNED by Dale Peck on the title page. This powerful and haunting first novel explores sexual love with dazzling and moving candor. John, the novel's narrator, flees his abusive father to become a hustler on the streets of New York. It is 1982, and at the age of nineteen John falls in love with Martin, who soon becomes ill with AIDS. This title was released in the U.S. under the name "Martin and John".