The Butterfly's Wing

Andy McIllray and Tom Dayton are a well-matched gay couple in their thirties, still happy after four years together. Andy has a high-flying job with an international organisation, while Tom has given up his unrewarding work in catering to look after the smallholding they bought in Berkshire. Disaster strikes when Andy's work takes him to Peru, where he is kidnapped by the Shining Path guerrilla movement. Tom not only has to deal with Andy's absence, but with the intrusion of the tabloid press, which has far-reaching consequences. This ambitious new novel by Martin Foreman is cast in the form of two diaries. The torment into which both Andy and Tom are thrown forces them each to face hidden truths about themselves and their relationship. Exploring the strengths and tensions of gay love in the 1990s, the story weaves in major issues of the contemporary world scene as it unravels towards a dramatic denouement.… (more)