The subject of enormous controversy in Scandinavia, this is a book of ruthless honesty and real anguish. On a visit to South America, Kihlman meets Juan, a young male prostitute, in Buenos Aires. The relationship that develops is the basis for this remarkable autobiographical novel. It is `their' book, the story of a strange and unusually powerful bond that develops between a middle-class, middle-aged Finnish family man, a successful but disillusioned writer, and a beautiful youth of the city streets, an intelligent survivor who is quite open about his own way of life. May jolt the reader but will also make him admire the literary craftsmanship of Christer Kihlman."" - Scandinavian-American Bulletin.
