Buenas Noches, Buenos Aires
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I don’t want to die – naturally, I don’t – but, if I must, then I’ve now come to realise how proud I’d be, how utterly unashamed, to die of Aids.
No, I take that back. To die of AIDS.
About the Author
Gilbert Adair published novels, essays, translations, children’s books and poetry. He also wrote screenplays, including The Dreamers from his own novel for Bernardo Bertolucci. He died in 2011.
Copyright
First published in 2004
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