Numbers

Johnny Rio, a handsome narcissist but no longer a pretty boy, travels to Los Angeles, the site of past sexual conquest and remembered youthful radiance, in a frenzied attempt to recreate his younger self. Johnny has ten precious days to draw the "numbers," the men who will confirm his desirability, and with the hungry focus of a man on borrowed time, he stalks the dark balconies of all-night theatres, the quivering sands of gay beaches, and the shady glens of city parks, attempting to attreact shadowy sex-hunters in an obsessive battle against the inevitable passing of his youth. First published in 1967. 256p.