The two boys began kissing and making love. The two bonded and eventually had a sexual encounter during a sleepover. As for Giovanni, he is about to be guillotined.ĭavid remembers his first experience with a boy, Joey, who lived in Brooklyn. His girlfriend Hella, to whom he had proposed before she went to Spain, has returned to the United States. Baldwin tackles social isolation, gender and sexual identity crisis, as well as conflicts of masculinity within this story of a young bisexual man navigating the public sphere in a society that rejects a core aspect of his sexuality.ĭavid, in the South of France, is about to board a train back to Paris.
The entire story is narrated by David during 'the night which is leading me to the most terrible morning of my life,' when Giovanni will be executed.
