Still Life with June

A disaffected writer gets caught in the morass of complicated human relationships when he appropriates the life of a former patient and befriends his mentally challenged sister.

The people in gay bars on Christmas Day are so desperate for basic human contact that they'd go home with a Doc Marten shoe if it made a move, and maybe even if it didn't.

So begins the story of Cameron Dodds, a disenfranchised writer who visits gay bars on Christmas and works at a Salvation Army Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in order to steal the stories of the people he meets there.

But when Cameron finds a patient hanged in the utility closet, his infatuation with other people's stories becomes an obsession. Assuming the man's identity, Cameron seeks out and forges a relationship with the victim's mentally challenged sister, who lives in a home uptown. As Cameron becomes more involved in the woman's life, he begins to discover truths that will challenge him to the very core of his existence.

Author: Darren Greer
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.62w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780312335113
Award: Triangle Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2005 pg. 439
Booklist 05/15/2005 pg. 1634

About the Author

Darren Greer grew up in several towns in Nova Scotia. He studied literature at the University of King's College, Halifax, and Carleton University. Still Life with June is his American debut.

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