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The great believers book review5/21/2023 ![]() His stomach a mess.” He heads upstairs to splash cool water on his face and take stock of his sorrows. ![]() “How had forgotten he hated rum? It always made him moody, dehydrated, hot. As they flood Richard’s living room in a display of grief and tenderness, Yale loses his grip. The celebration is loud, boozy, and attended by all the men-and plucky Fiona, Nico’s devastated younger sister-who will come to populate the pages of The Great Believers. Nico’s family has announced that his friends are not welcome at the funeral, so Richard has gathered everyone at his Lincoln Park house to eat canapes, watch a slideshow, and drink a considerable amount of rum in a nod to Nico’s Cuban heritage. Yale Tishman and his partner, Charlie, are at a party to honor the life of Nico, the first in their close-knit circle to die of AIDS. The opening chapter of The Great Believers is a beautiful, chilling foretaste of the epic story that awaits in Rebecca Makkai’s new novel. ![]() Well-of a hopeless, doomed, selfish, ridiculous love, but what other kind had ever existed?” ![]()
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