![]() ![]() When Richard shows a photo slideshow of Nico with his friends, Yale is overcome with emotion and retreats to mourn alone a room upstairs. There, Yale gathers with Fiona his partner, a British man named Charlie Keene who runs a publication called Out Loud Chicago Nico’s widowed partner, Terrence a handsome PhD student named Teddy Naples a dashing political activist named Asher Glass and a flirty, light-hearted young actor named Julian Ames. Though Nico’s family holds a traditional funeral at a church, most of the people closest to him-including Fiona-hold their own life celebration at the home of gay photographer Richard Campo. ![]() The novel begins on the day of Fiona’s brother Nico’s funeral. The Great Believers alternates between the narrative of Yale Tishman-a gay man living in Chicago in 1985-and Yale’s friend, Fiona Marcus, who reflects on her memories of Yale and his friends 30 years later. ![]()
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