Adam Mars-Jones Collections

Taking as their theme the power of two English institutions--the monarchy and the justice system--two stories demonstrate with delectable wit how individuals can become so bound to the institutions they serve that they cease to exist

The Darker Proof, an anthology of stories about suffering with the HIV virus, was first published in 1987 to critical acclaim. This updated version, which includes stories by Adam Mars-Jones and Edmund White, was published in 1988.

What unites the stories in this astonishing collection is a disease that all too often imposes silence on its sufferers and witnesses. Now a gifted young English writer breaks that silence as he explores the forms that gay life has taken in the wake of AIDS.