Lazarus Rising
A Novel
Joseph Caldwell
- The
- Rome
- Prize–winning
- author
- of
- In
- the
- Shadow
- of
- the
- Bridge**“evokes
- a
- bygone
- era
- and
- an
- earlier
- pandemic.
- .
- .
- .
- An
- affecting
- turn
- in
- [his]
- long
- career”
- (Publishers
- Weekly).**This
- dark,
- propulsive
- novel,
- the
- crowning
- masterwork
- by
- ninety-two-year-old
- Joseph
- Caldwell,
- takes
- place
- during
- 1992,
- when
- AIDS
- was
- still
- an
- incurable
- scourge
- and
- death
- casualties
- were
- everyday
- events.One
- cold
- winter
- night,
- when
- the
- artist
- Dempsey
- Coates
- is
- on
- her
- way
- home
- to
- her
- loft,
- she
- encounters
- a
- blaze,
- several
- alarms
- ringing
- and
- water
- jetting
- every
- which
- way
- from
- fire
- hydrants.
- She
- ends
- up
- offering
- several
- firemen
- a
- place
- to
- get
- warm.
- One
- of
- them
- is
- Johnny
- Donegan,
- a
- passionate
- lad
- who
- falls
- madly
- in
- love
- with
- her
- and
- is
- determined,
- through
- prayer
- and
- sheer
- perseverance,
- to
- make
- a
- life
- with
- Dempsey
- unimpeded
- by
- the
- specter
- of
- her
- illness.But
- when
- the
- couple
- is
- finally
- blessed
- with
- an
- unexpected
- stroke
- of
- good
- luck,
- this
- one
- twist
- of
- fate
- that
- promises
- an
- enduring
- future
- will
- end
- up
- coming
- between
- them
- in
- a
- very
- tragic
- and
- unforeseen
- way.Praise
- for
- In
- the
- Shadow
- of
- the
- Bridge“A
- moving
- memoir
- and
- a
- look
- at
- gay
- and
- artistic
- life
- in
- New
- York
- City
- from
- the
- 1950s
- on,
- through
- the
- AIDS
- epidemic.”
- —New
- York
- Post“In
- telling
- the
- story
- of
- coming
- to
- NYC
- as
- a
- young
- man,
- grappling
- with
- his
- desire
- to
- be
- an
- artist,
- to
- be
- a
- man
- of
- faith,
- and
- his
- desire
- for
- the
- love
- of
- another
- man,
- Joseph
- Caldwell
- tells
- the
- story
- of
- a
- time
- and
- place—the
- story
- of
- a
- generation.”
- —A.
- M.
- Homes,
- Orange
- Prize–winning
- author
- of
- May
- We
- Be Forgiven
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