by Joseph Pintauro

Cello witnessed his mother's suicide; Tato was punished by his father's sadistic stupidity. The intense relationship the two boys form shields them from their savage life. Just as their aunt Zia enters their life and begins to show them the world as it can be, Cello is sent to school in Europe. He studies for the priesthood, but begins to question his faith. Two weeks before his ordination he returns home to ponder that final step. He seeks out Tato, fresh from a failed marriage. Cello decides against the priesthood. Their sexuality threatens to explode, and Cello flees. In an auto accident, Cello's suffers a strange, repression of identity. He marries, raises a family, and settles into an unhappy life. Ten years after later, they meet again, unleashing an whirlpool of remembrance and a final dramatic resolution.