The Night Listener

First edition. Small 4to. Pp. [x], 344. Glazed b/w paper-covered boards, printed in yellow, white, and black to the front panel and backstrip; fore-edges untrimmed. In a three-quarter-length, yellow acetate wrap-around band, designed by Chip Kidd (priced $26.00 to inner flap). Author photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

Signed by Author to title page.

A late-night radio host befriends a young boy dying of AIDS, a victim of parental sexual abuse. Basis for the Patrick Stettner-directed 2006 film, starring Robin Williams. "Maupin's return to the fictional fold after an eight-year hiatus contains the characteristics we have come to love about the Balzac of the Bay: joys, heartbreaks, offbeat characters, witty dialogue, painful revelations and, of course, just enough sex to titillate." –Atlanta Journal-Constitution