The George Files

George de Clare is back in England for the first time in years, and Cornwall is pulling at something he thought he'd buried.

Summoned to Trenarth Manor for the wedding of Brian and Archie, George arrives with Jon in tow: a New Yorker wildly out of his element, one hand already on George's thigh, the other casually redirecting rival suitors. Around them, Freddy, Andy, Matt, Finn, and the ghost of Ollie orbit a house full of oak panelling, Bristol Cream sherry, and quietly loaded glances.

But weddings have a way of asking questions nobody wanted to raise. Between a dawn row through Helford Creek, a flashback to Singapore dumplings and Ah Cheh's unsparing wisdom, and a Celtic hand-fasting ceremony conducted by his formidable mother Esmerelda, George finds himself wondering what he actually wants -- from Jon, from Ethan back in New York, and from the life he has assembled across three continents.

Sharp, tender, and laced with the particular comedy of a British expat trying not to feel too much in public, The Cornish Wedding is Act V of the George Files: literary gay romance that moves between Manhattan, Cornwall, Singapore, and the complicated territory of becoming who you are.