City of God cover

City of God

by Gil Cuadros

Prose and poems on the homosexual experience. In Unprotected, in the course of an unprotected sexual act, a man tries to convince himself it doesn't really matter, one dies anyway. The story, To the First Time, is on a man's first gay experience, and At Risk is on watching a friend die.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?