The remarkable first novel by a, gay, black author who fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming-of-age story out of the controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS

Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all element of Raymond Tyler’s existence, but there have been various other, more terrifying issues for him to confront. Being black was hard plenty of, but Raymond was becoming a lot more conscious of sexual emotions that he understood weren’t ‘right.’ He was completely committed to Sela, about Unseen Life: A Novel his longtime sweetheart, but his appeal to Kelvin, whom he had fulfilled during his last year in regulation school, had are more than just a friendship.

Fleeing to New York to escape both Sela and Kelvin, Raymond finds himself more confused than previously. New relationships–both male and female–give him tremendous pleasure but maintain him from locating the inner peace and lasting love he therefore desperately desires. The horrible illness and loss of life of a pal eventually force Raymond, finally, to face the truth.

Invisible Life continues to be hailed as ‘1 of the very most thought-provoking books–since James Baldwin’s Another Country’ (Richmond Tone of voice), and Harris’s ‘stories have grown to be the toast of bookstores, reading groups, men, women, and homosexual and straight people’ (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).