Flamboyant, mercurial alistair dodge and steadfast, cautious roger sansarc are second cousins who are both gay and whose lifelong friendship begins when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954. At crucial moments i...Flamboyant, mercurial alistair dodge and steadfast, cautious roger sansarc are second cousins who are both gay and whose lifelong friendship begins when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954. At crucial moments in their personal histories their lives intersect, and each discovers his own unique - and uniquely gay- identity.