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Book SynopsisWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Graphic Novel
A Village Voice Best Graphic Novel
A triumphant memoir of grassroots activism and change in New York City from renowned graphic novelist Joyce Brabner.
Second Avenue Caper is the true story of a tight-knit group of artists and activists living in New York City in the early 1980s who found themselves on the front lines in the fight against AIDS.
Struggling to understand the disease and how they could help, they made a deal with a bona fide goodfella, donned masterful disguises, piled into an A-Team van, and set off for the border, determined to save their bedridden friends by smuggling an experimental drug into the United States from Mexico.
With their community in crisis and the world turned against them, this impassioned gang of misfits never gave up hope as they searched for ways to raise awareness and beat the plague. Fast-paced, poignant, and beautifu
