02132cam a2200361 i 4500 2438598650 TxAuBib 20250708120000.0 241016s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668057261 hardcover 1668057263 hardcover (OCoLC)1460921225 TxAuBib rda Tradowsky, Christopher, author. Midnight at the Cinema Palace [LEASEDBOOK] : a novel / Christopher Tradowsky. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2025] ©2025. 386 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Walter Simmering is searching for love and purpose in a city he doesn't realize is fading away -- San Francisco in 1993, at the height of the AIDS epidemic and the dawn of the tech revolution. Out of college, out of the closet, and transplanted from the Midwest, Walter is irresistibly drawn from his shell when he meets Cary Menuhin and Sasha Stravinsky, a dynamic couple who live blithely beyond the boundaries of gender and sexuality. Witty and ultra-stylish, Cary and Sasha seem to have stepped straight out of a sultry film noir, captivating Walter through a shared obsession with cinema and Hollywood's golden age. As the three embark on adventures across the city, filled with joie de vivre, their lively friendship evolves in unexpected ways. When Walter befriends Lawrence, a filmmaker and former child actor living with HIV, they pursue a film project of their own, with hilarious and tragic results." -- Provided by publisher. 20250709. Gay men Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Non-monogamous relationships Fiction. HIV-positive persons Fiction. Gender identity Fiction. Screenwriters Fiction. San Francisco (Calif) Fiction.