Planting Eli

A touching and darkly hilarious novel about a man granted a drug-based reprieve from his HIV death sentence. Ed Dell is gay, single and confidante to goddess Oprah Winfrey--at least in his fertile imagination. He writes for a Chicago newspaper, takes care of his ailing parents, and likes to annoy his snobbish sister. HIV-positive and very private, Ed has seen better days. With the new drugs working--and with his parental obligations miraculously vanished--he suddenly, surprisingly has the chance to live again. If only he could remember how...--From publisher description.