The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin
A gay radio host and writer develops an emotional attachment to a troubled young listener who claims to have endured abuse and illness; what begins as compassionate correspondence and a yearning for a father‑figuring relationship deepens into visits, phone calls and recorded tapes before mounting inconsistencies suggest the boy may be a fabrication. As the narrator investigates the possibility of a hoax, he must confront his own need for connection, the slippery boundary between storytelling and truth, and the personal costs of believing in a comforting narrative.
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- 2000
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