The Limits of Pleasure - Softcover

"Illuminates the paradox in which one must hold back to survive but risk all to live." - Diane Lefer, author of Radiant Hunger; "Deeply satisfying... As smart as it is sexy." - Karl Woelz, co-editor of Men on Men 2000; "Truly groundbreaking... A brilliant author." - Sydney Lea, founding editor of New England Review/Breadloaf Quarterly

When Hedonism can only Take you so Far...From the cruising spots of Boston to the gay tourist scene in Amsterdam, Dave Miller trysts dangerously with every available man. Yet even during scorching sexual encounters with strangers in public parks and gay baths, Dave is haunted by images - some perverse, some nostalgic - of his long-dead family. Raised by his Orthodox, Holocaust-survivor grandmother, Dave's tale of sex and death is told in two interweaving chronologies, following one man's journey into the darkest recesses of his own tortured soul and body. But will he find redemption at the journey's end?