The Waters Of Thirst Author:Adam Mars-Jones William and Terry are monogamous, and have been for quite some time--but not for the reasons one might think. William suffers from a debilitating disease that prompts him to meditate on the persistence, demands and ultimate victory of desire over its constraints. In The Waters of Thirst he does so in a scathingly funny and moving monologue cover... more »ing the domestic territory that Adam Mars-Jones, one of Britain's most acclaimed young writers, has made his own: chronicling in turn the elaborate meals William dotingly prepares but cannot eat, his obsession with motorcyclists--extending to their fatality rates, and thence to their organ donor cards--and culminating in his fascination with the artistic integrity and seemingly timeless physical perfection of the American porn star Peter Hunter. At the heart of The Waters of Thirst is the truth that the comic and the tragic are by nature entwined; and the most profound meaning is to be discovered in and revealed by the ordinary moments of our everyday lives. Adam Mars-Jones combines mordant humor and piercing insight in a novel that demythologizes the plague time by confronting us with characters who are always recognizably, hilariously and transportingly human.« less