Twilight at the Equator: A Novel

Jaime Manrique's 1992 Latin Moon in Manhattan is one of the great under-recognized classics of gay male fiction. Now, with Twilight at the Equator Manrique shows himself once again to be both an exquisite writer and profound thinker. Twilight tells the story of Santiago Martinez, a young gay novelist who, after he is forced to deal with his sister's suicide, discovers that his family's past secrets are more than alive in the present, and just as dangerous. Manrique seduces us into believing the myth of the safe past, of secure history, of the happy family even as he begins to dismantle these ideas. Twilight at the Equator is a profoundly moving and beautifully written novel.