Men Like Air () von Tom Connolly

Tom Connolly's dazzling new novel is a funny, turbulent and heartfelt study of male relationships.It is April in Manhattan and the destinies of four very different men are about to collide. Nineteen-year-old Finn has just arrived in New York City with his irrepressible girlfriend, determined to even the score with his older brother Jack for abandoning him in the aftermath of their parents' deaths.Across town, successful gallery owner Leo is haunted by loneliness, unsettled by the contrast between his life and that of his brother-in-law and oldest friend William, who is enviably content in his faith and his marriage.When Finn wanders into Leo's gallery, a series of unexpected and interconnected events unfold, changing the lives of all four men forever.Beautifully orchestrated and richly comic, Men Like Air is an uplifting story of growth and renewal, mapping the complex workings of the human heart across the streets of New York City.

Tom Connolly is a filmmaker and writer who has directed award-winningshort films for the cinema and for Channel 4 and the BBC. His short storiesand radio plays have been broadcast on Radio 4. His story 'The Man in theLift' was shortlisted for the Imison Award. His first novel, The Spider Truces,was a Financial Times Book of the Year, shortlisted for the Waverton GoodRead Award and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award, and longlistedfor the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011.