Man By The Pool Cinema And a stubborn refusal to

And a stubborn refusal to acknowledge her existence

and Kirkus Best Book of the Month

as anyone at all

But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance

Man By The Pool Cinema And a stubborn refusal toBy: Michael Hartwig Paolo, a gay man, travels from Boston to the outskirts of Rome to settle his grandfather's estate and sell the family vineyard. The discovery of an ancient Roman mosaic on the property upsets his plans, forcing him to deal with a local archaeologist, Mauro, who he knew as a teen. Earlier animosities give way to a long simmering sexual fascination each felt for the other. As excavations take place, Paolo discovers family secrets and