THE WONDERFUL WORLD THAT ALMOST WAS: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek

Unravels the intertwined stories of two boundary-burning, paradigm-tilting, never-more-relevant American artists. Weaving together deft art criticism with moving portraits of both men's inner lives, and assembled with exhaustive research, Durbin's book is an ode to a lost but still-living world--and two men who defined it. 16 pages of photos.