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"I had experienced perfect happiness at the age of 11,12 or thereabouts, when I had the Best Friend in the World. I'd had friends before, and I've had many since, but none that filled me with such total, unsullied delight as Cameron." It is from such beginnings that people discover themselves and each other, and this collection of wily and witty stories the lives of gay men are expressed and exposed from every angle. All set in New Zealand, these are stories of friendship, estrangement, passion and joy; stories of the city and the country; stories of youth and age. Leek writes about the experience of being gay with unsual insight and compassion, varying his perspective so that both gay and straight characters have their say. The result is a powerful and wonderfully textured collection, running from the gamut of gay life and emotion, from celebration to regret, from the sweet to the sour: regret for pain, loss and incomprehension; celebration when humanity wins.