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Two 18-year-old boys find themselves sharing a room when they arrive at Oxford. Life draws them together at whirlwind speed as they find themselves playing opposite each other in a student production of Hamlet and, after a few false starts, playing together in bed. Love has many lessons to teach them as they grapple with their emerging sexuality, deal with the machinations of others, and dare to look at the face of lasting happiness.

Twenty-seven-year-old Peter has taken himself to Paris, after splitting up with his girlfriend, to find new love - and write. The last thing he’s looking for is handsome blond Fabrice, who also identifies as straight. But a love they can’t at first acknowledge blooms between them. Only an enforced separation obliges them to face the truth. But where better to discover the intricacies of love and yourself than in the world’s most romantic capital? The city of Paris, its inhabitants, and its street life are all integral characters in this book.

When the world went into lockdown in early 2020 novelist Anthony McDonald found himself separated from his Spanish partner by 2,000 miles of sea. This is the story, told in real time, of how he made his way to Tenerife on the day lockdown began there, and of the months that followed. A highly personal view of the Canary Islands, including accounts of time spent on other islands of this beautiful archipelago.