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To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies—The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon—that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force.

A comedic look at the experience, pitfalls, and road blocks of online dating on various apps, and an exploration and eventual acceptance of the fact that we all have nonnegotiable deal breakers. Your deal breakers may bear no resemblance to the ones included in this collection, but you will still recognize and relate to the dizzying variety of ways in which one can be put off. If you learn nothing from this book, and you likely will not as it is a silly, joyful observation, take this with you: choose your words carefully. And check your punctuation.

Oliver Park, a recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they've made a perfect life together. With everything to lose, Oliver shouldn't be visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse. But through the entrance he goes, and it's a line crossed. Inside, he follows a man into a private room, and it's the final line. Whatever happens next, Nathan can never know.