A Horse Named Sorrow

Set in San Francisco during the 1980s and ’90s, this award-winning novel follows twenty-one-year-old Seamus Blake as he navigates love, loss, and activism amid the AIDS crisis. After the death of his partner Jimmy, Seamus embarks on a poignant bicycle journey to return Jimmy’s ashes to Buffalo, encountering a diverse cast of characters along the way. The story is a heartfelt exploration of grief, connection, and redemption, infused with poetic prose and mythic undertones.