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Name: The weekend
Author: Cameron, Peter

On a midsummer weekend in a country house in upstate New York, three friends gather to remember a man whose death connects them by blood or love. Their reunion is disrupted by two outsiders: a faux Italian dinner guest and a young gay man currently involved with the dead man’s lover. Across walks in the woods, swims in the river, moonlit wine, and lively conversation, each character’s heart is laid bare, revealing how old memories and new desires forge a chemistry that changes everyone involved.

First publish date: 1994

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Cameron, Peter

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