Disorderly Men

WINNER, IPPY BOOK AWARDS, LGBTQ+ FICTION WINNER, 2023 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD, LGBTQ2 FICTION SHORT LIST, VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD ON LAMBDA LITERARY REVIEW'S SEPTEMBER MOST ANTICIPATED LIST ONE OF QUEER FORTY'S BEST PRIDE READS FOR SUMMER 2023! Three gay men in pre-Stonewall New York City find their fates thrown together in the police raid of a Village bar. Roger Moorhouse is a Wall Street banker and Westchester family man with a preciously guarded secret. As the shouting begins and flashlights blaze in his face, the life hes carefully curated over the yearsa fancy new office overlooking lower Broadway, a house in Beechmont Woods, his wife and childrenis about to come crashing down around him. Columbia literature professor Julian Prince lives a comparatively uncloseted life when he finds his first committed relationship tested to its limits. How could he explain to Gus, a fearless young artist, that he couldnt stay with him that weekend because the woman who was still technically Julians fiance would be visiting? But when Gus is struck unconscious by a police baton, Julian comes out of hiding to protect him, even if exposure means losing everything. For Danny Duffy, an Irish kid from the Bronx with a sassy mouth and a diverse group of friends, the raid is a galvanizing, Spartacus moment. Danny doesnt have too much left to lose; his family has just disowned him. But once his name appears in the newspaper, hell be fired from his job at Sloans Supermarket, where hes risen to assistant manager of produce, and begin a journey that veers between political enlightenment and violent revenge. The three men find themselves in a police wagon together, their hidden lives threatened to be revealed to the world. Blackmail, a private investigator, Guss disappearance, and Dannys quest for retribution propel Disorderly Men to its piercing conclusion, as each man meets the boundaries of his own fear, love, and shame. The stakes for each are different, but all of them confront a fundamental question: How much happiness is he allowed to have . . . and what share of it will he lay claim to?