The basis for the hit independent film starring Jason Priestly and John Hurt, Love and Death on Long Island is an update of Death in Venice. When he wanders into the wrong theater and finds himself watching the wretched teen-pic Hotpants College II, cerebral British author Giles De'Ath becomes romantically obsessed with dreamboat Ronnie Bostock. Giles's infatuation drives him to the unthinkable: he reads American fan magazines and watches movies with titles like Tex Mex and Skid Marks. And finally, he travels to Long Island, intent on meeting Ronnie in the flesh.
- ISBN10 0802135927
- ISBN13 9780802135926
- Publish Date 7 August 1998 (first published 9 July 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Avalon Travel Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 137
- Language English