Last Call: A Novel of 1980 San Francisco

The time is mid-June 1980, that "last call" summer for the hedonistic decade of the Seventies. Arriving in San Francisco are four Iowans - new boyfriends and a pair of "honeymooners" - on a pilgrimage to Gay Mecca. They've high anticipations for Gay Pride Week, and particularly for the Big Parade that will climax their California holiday. But, finding themselves suddenly immersed in the "gayest city in the world," their relationships unravel, with new friends met, new pairings forged. At the end of their (mis)adventures-filled fortnight in The City (and Tinseltown, too, for one of them), the four find their lives changed for the better, never guessing what peril awaits just around the corner.