Labour of love

Summary/Review: "Labour of Love is a testimony to living bravely. Wilson uncannily matches much of McGehee’s light-hearted, but not shallow, tone and temperament. Though primarily a romantic farce, it is as wise, and a little darker, than the first installments. It covers the adventures of dying lovers, anti-gay-bashing demonstrations in the streets of Toronto, the obnoxious attentions of Zero’s Arkansas kinfolk, tumbles in the sack, triumphs of a drag queen in a courtroom, and wild cross-border journeys (such as in a “borrowed” courier van driven by a competent and lusty lesbian pal). Labour of Love is the title, and the achievement, of Wilson’s first and final novel; it, too, was published posthumously. This new edition is accompanied by introductions from Dr Raymond-Jean Frontain and long-time friend and fellow-artist Jeffrey Canton."--