About this item

"Thomas Grattan is a master of plot -- that rare ability -- which makes In Tongues a real roller coaster: funny, sad, shocking, and, finally, quite moving." -- Andrew Holleran, author of Dancer from the DanceA young gay man upends the lives of a powerful art-world couple in this steamy novel of self-discovery. . It's 2001, and twenty-four-year-old Gordon -- handsome, sensitive, and eager for direction -- takes a bus from Minnesota to New York City because it's the only place for a young gay man to go. As he begins to settle into the city's punishing rhythm, he gets a job walking rich Manhattanites' dogs. But it isn't until he stumbles into the West Village brownstone of two of his clients, the powerful gallery owners Phillip and Nicola, that Gordon learns how much the world has hidden from him -- and what he's capable of doing in order to get it for himself.