{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-the-joseph-caldwell-9781883285838","title":"In the Shadow of the Bridge: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bohemian, free-spirited existence that blessed many of Manhattan's gifted artists and writers in the nineteen fifties and sixties has, with current skyrocketing rents and the high-income requirements of basic living, been nearly extinguished. And only for the likes of an astute observer such as Joseph Caldwell, perhaps be almost forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his charming, brutally candid memoir, the author describes his tenure working at WQXR, the venerated classical music station, marching in civil protests and being arrested, his accomplished acquaintances, all of it part of the libertine life of a young gay man who becomes a noted playwright and novelist and Rome Prize winner. But then the mantle of the AIDS epidemic falls heavily on the city and exultation in free love and sex is replaced by unrelenting fear. In a twist of fate, a quixotic love that plagues Caldwell his entire life gives him one last chance at a relationship but in a completely unexpected and tragic ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is an important chronicle of the changing tide of artistic and gay life in New York City in the shadow of the plague years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Caldwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1883285836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781883285838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Delphinium Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2019","brand":"Joseph Caldwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939062186239,"sku":"9781883285838","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b4b25d59-31ff-4acf-9247-75de3560074b.jpg?v=1681439272","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-the-joseph-caldwell-9781883285838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}