Probably Monette's masterpiece, and possibly the greatest book about living and dying with AIDS. "Borrowed Time" is the intimate, tender, terrifying, heartbreaking memoir of the sickness and death of Monette's partner of twelve years, Roger Horwitz. Monette is not afraid to display both the courage and the weaknesses of himself and of Roger, and to show his own anger, frustration, grief, and tremendous love. If anyone thinks AIDS is an resolved issue, or doubts that two men can be as loving and as loyal to each other as any married couple, this book is the cure.

If you read this and can bear another touching perspective on a comparable experience, try Mark Doty's "Heaven's Coast."