Night Terminus - by Ellis Scott (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A requiem for a lost generation of men, this beautiful debut reminds us of the joy of survival.

Beginning with a chance encounter in Paris in 1985, an unnamed narrator embarks on a physical and spiritual sojourn over four decades. From a one-night stand in Paris with the beautiful and enigmatic Louis to a trip to Maussane, where he meets the charming and sophisticated Frank -- with stops in Europe, Iran, and India in between -- the narrator encounters a cast of exiles, fugitives, rebels, and artists. In his radical commitment to finding love, meaning, and a community, his world travels are snapshots of a time and space gone too soon.

At once an epic journey through time and a love story to the narrator's found family, this haunting, lyrical novel in five parts explores questions of grief, statelessness, and memory, and is a meditation on survival in the age of AIDS.

A RARE MACHINES BOOK

About the Author

Ellis Scott was born in the U.K. and grew up in Canada. He has published nine short stories in literary journals, including The Iowa Review, Yolk, and The Fiddlehead. His first short story was nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize. Night Terminus is his first novel.