I want to hate Sarah Winman's "Tin Man".

This novel of 3 people growing up in the 70s & 80s does not forget #AIDS. It is not a nice romance. It is not a simple tear-jerker. No gods, no heroes.

But it lacks the fear and terror I lived through. It sanitizes how society attacked and blamed queers, how queers attacked each other. They built death camps for us.

Everyone is wounded, forgiven.

The telling I dislike, but cannot forget.

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"The scale of man – spatially – is about midway between the atom and the star." "The power of still life lies precisely in this triviality. Of mutuality between objects that are there, and people who are not."
I'm not even going to try & summarize, just trust me on this. Funny & moving & a fabulous read. A love letter to unconventionality & to Florence. 5 bright ⭐s

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