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
by Faber & Faber Limited
Bloomsbury House, 74–77 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2014
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