Beginning with an examination of the determined assault on gay issues by the religious right, the authors show how this sectarian movement to legislate private religious morality into law undermines the purpose of American constitutional government: the protection of the individual’s right to determine how best to live his or her life. Why should Americans who are not gay care about gay rights? In Created Equal, Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff argue that the movement for gay equality is central to the continuing defense of individual liberty in America. We thank him for illuminating the life of an always fascinating character and perhaps educating a few people along the way.’ Denver Post
With Rag and Bone, Nava brings this wonderful and often moving series to an unexpected close… He also had a wry sense of humor, a formidable intelligence and a great deal of insight, so the series, without being preachy, cumulatively had a lot to say about certain aspects of the human condition… To remind us that these outsiders are our kin.’ Washington Post Book World ‘In 1986, Michael Nava began a series about Los Angeles investigator Henry Rios, a character with three strikes against him: He was gay, he was Chicano, and he was a lawyer. To give voice to the voiceless, the outsiders… ‘For more years than we’ve noticed, Michael Nava has been creating an intricate series of fictions about Henry Rios… The gay Mexican American attorney, after the loss of his lover, must face his own mortality while recovering from a heart attack and reach out to a family he didn’t know he had. One of the most highly acclaimed writers in the mystery genre ‘explores new emotional depths’ in this last Henry Rios novel.
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