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The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket (Paperback)
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The Irreversible Decline of Eddie Socket (Paperback)
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Before the onset of his irreversible decline, Eddie Socket always
suspected he was on the verge of something. Now that "something"
has arrived in the form of Merrit Mather, an attractive older
gentleman of impeccable taste in everything from sweaters to his
numerous sexual conquests. That Merrit happens to be the lover of
Eddie's agitated boss, Saul, hardly fazes the smitten Eddie; that
the elusive Merrit loses interest in Eddie with dizzying speed
hardly dims his ardor. While Eddie continues his futile chase, he
finds solace in his roommate, Polly, involved in her own
implausible affair with a self-involved banker. Both Eddie and
Polly eventually conclude that solitude is their best option. But
even that is not possible as Eddie finds his life taking an
unexpected turn-a turn that that serves as the catalyst for Eddie,
love-ravaged Polly, and the indomitable Saul to reclaim their
lives. First published in 1989 and winner of the 1990 Lambda
Literary Award for Best Gay Debut Novel, The Irreversible Decline
of Eddie Socket is one of the first novels to respond to the global
AIDS crisis. A comedy of absurdist horror, it weaponizes the comic
as a way of intensifying the tragic aspects of AIDS, which were
especially acute in the early 1980s, and the scars of which are
still visible today.
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