Providence-based photographer Michael Allen, a gay man on the cusp of 40, thinks he's found love with a mohawk-sporting 19-year-old artist named Ziggy, only to discover that the two may already share a bond that neither can imagine. 

This plays out as Michael's best friends - Sidney, a 50-ish art dealer, and Bruce, a cop in his 30s - deal with their own sexual trysts and romantic travails with dramatically younger guys. The result is a novel that explores the fragile yet enduring ties of sex, love, and friendship.