Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

Michael Thomas Ford's second novel, Looking For It, is at the least on par with his first (2003's Last Summer), and is at times better. This tale of a group of gay men lookin' for love in you-finish-the-lyric in a small upstate New York town isn't Proust by any means. This is commercial gay fiction - but it's quality commercial gay fiction, fairly breezy, and perfect for airplane (or beach) reading (hey, I live in southern California, cut me a break). B+