Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague

Winner 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 beautifully illustrated by the award-winning illustrator Mark Zingarelli, Second Avenue Caper is a heartfelt tribute to the generation that faced down AIDS.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Published: 11/18/2014
ISBN: 9780809035533
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 7.80w x 0.90d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/06/2014
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014
Shelf Awareness 12/16/2014
Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 83