<p>A part of Ned Baldwin has always known this day would come. That he would, at last, tell the truth to the people who mattered most to him. It is only when he moves to London, to figure out what, precisely, he wants to do with his life, that he manages to blurt it out in the immediate aftermath of a minor car crash. There is relief in the fact that it is done, even if badly done.\nBorn and bred on the inside, Ned finds himself, for the first time, on the outside, alone, with many questions and few answers. When he looks back, he does so with a mix of anger and affection. And when he looks forward? He isn’t so sure. In the books he's read, there are rarely happy endings for people like him.\nSet in London’s gritty gay scene at the end of the Thatcher era, Alec Scott’s debut novel Until It Shimmers confronts faith, honour, and the pursuit of love.\n“A rich and satisfying debut”—Christopher Castellani, bestselling author of Leading Men\n“London at the height of the AIDS crisis, the dynamics and history of an Ontario family, and the nuances of a loving mother-son relationship – all are rendered in evocative, gorgeous detail. An atmospheric and immersive debut.”\n– Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Store\n“Wry, diamond-hard, vigorously alert, Until It Shimmers is a moving coming-of-age story, at once heartbreaking and wickedly sly. … Alec Scott’s writing is so precisely observed, it’s easy to fall into its rhythms, to submit to the book as if it’s a lost memory, one you want desperately to hold onto, protect and live by.”\n– Heidi Sopinka, The Dictionary of Animal Languages\n“Until it Shimmers holds the reader right to the end with grace and quiet empathy.”\n– Eibhear Walshe, The Last Day at Bowen’s Court\nAlec Scott is a journalist, writer, and editor. He has written for such publications as:<br />
San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco magazine, Sierra, Sunset, Reader’s Digest, SFGate, Wine Enthusiast, Report on Business, enRoute, Toronto Life, Via, Globe & Mail, Walrus, and the Daily Beast. For more information, visit his website www.alecscott.com\nUntil it Shimmers is Alec Scott's first novel, and is published by AOS Publishing out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. All rights reserved.<br />
For more information, visit www.aospublishing.com</p>

Until It Shimmers

Literature & Fiction

Scott, Alec

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