The story of Harold;: A novel

"For now—Relax! And come with me. You have no choice: I've invited you. We will have a lot of sex. You are going to laugh a great deal—people have no idea how blithe a suicide can be!—and you will meet a few human beings whom you'll have to love as much as I do."\nWith these words Terry Andrews, bestselling author of a beloved children's classic welcomes us to his world. The Story of Harold is a Dantesque excursion through a garden of tortured and unfulfilled relationships: one with a woman whom Terry sleeps with and cares for but cannot love completely; another with a surgeon, father of six, who is Terry's most cherished—and most unreciprocating—lover; and another with a sad young boy already doomed to a life of insecurity and failure, whom Terry strives to redeem—even as he prepares his own suicide. As Terry beguiles the boy further spellbinding exploits of Harold—the hero of his famous book—the reader follows Terry, with terror and pity, to the end of his appointed journey.