Amulti-awardwinningItaliandebut,fromaboldnewvoiceincontemporaryqueerliterature.Jonathanis31yearsold,livinginMilanwithhisboyfriendofthreeyearsandtheirtwoDevonRexcatswhen,onadaylikeanyother,hegetsafever.Butunlikemost,thisfeverdoesn’tgoaway;it’sconstant,low-level,andexhausting.AfterspendingweeksGooglinghissymptomsanddocumentinghisillness,hefinallyseesadoctor.Aseriesofbloodtests,anxiousvisitstohospitals,andrepeatedmisdiagnosesensue,untilhisdoctorsuggestsanHIVtest,andthetruthisfinallyrevealed:JonathanisHIV-positive.AsJonathancomestotermswithwhatthisdiagnosiswillmeanforhim,hisfuture,andhisrelationships,healsotakesthereaderbackintime,insearchofhishistory,tothesuburbswherehegrewup,andfromwhichhefeelshehasescaped:Rozzano,theghettoofMilan,andofItaly’snorth.IntheveinofEdouardLouisandVirginieDespentes,Feverisatonceadeeplypersonalstoryandasearingexaminationofclass,poverty,prejudice,andopportunityinmodernEurope.
