Last Watch of the Night · Essays Too Personal and Otherwise

**Tender and passionate autobiographical essays by National Book Award winner Paul Monette**

“Does it go too fast?” Monette asks about life at the beginning of one piece. The answer is a resounding “yes” for the individuals who populate this stunning work of nonfiction. These ten autobiographical essays memorialize those whose lives have been claimed by AIDS. Following *Becoming a Man* and *Borrowed Time*, *Last Watch of the Night *is Monette’s third and final self-portrait. In this collection, he confronts death—those of lovers and friends, and even his own eventual demise—with both bravery and compassion.