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A review by writerlibrarian
Goldenboy by Michael Nava
3.0
The weakest one of the first three Rios' novel. Less about the characters and more about the plot, the why and who of the case. Which wasn't that interesting in the first place or probably a little too cliché for my taste.
The plot : Rios is asked to defend a young gay man accused to have murdered his tormentor at work by an old friend who is dying of AIDS. This is set late 1980's, there are no tri-therapy here, only death and ostracisms to look forward to.
This is the novel where Rios meets Josh, who becomes his lover. Josh who is mixed up in the murder, who is in his early twenties. Nava plays with the whole Hollywood dark sides here to mixed results for me. The whole Edward II metaphor didn't hook me.
So 3 stars because it sets up Rios' move to LA, his relationship with Josh but the plot is nothing to write home about.
The plot : Rios is asked to defend a young gay man accused to have murdered his tormentor at work by an old friend who is dying of AIDS. This is set late 1980's, there are no tri-therapy here, only death and ostracisms to look forward to.
This is the novel where Rios meets Josh, who becomes his lover. Josh who is mixed up in the murder, who is in his early twenties. Nava plays with the whole Hollywood dark sides here to mixed results for me. The whole Edward II metaphor didn't hook me.
So 3 stars because it sets up Rios' move to LA, his relationship with Josh but the plot is nothing to write home about.