`[A] literary masterpiece…Unparalleled in Australian letters…Makes most fiction, here or elsewhere, look paltry by comparison.’ * Peter Craven, from the Introduction * `A superbly crafted memoir…[A] subtle balance of formality and intimacy, of rationality and passion.’ * John Rickard, from the Afterword * `Brilliantly accomplished use of language…Few other books documenting this illness rumble and resonate with such sustained power.’ * Robert Dessaix * `[Take Me to Paris, Johnny] reminds us of the complexity of relationships…of the simultaneous strength and fragility of love.’ * Dennis Altman * `A remarkable, beautifully written memoir that captures and preserves the jittery zeitgeist among active gay men moving around the globe in the early ’80s.’ * Gail Bell, Monthly * `Finely written…Foster deftly recounted his “cross-colour, cross-class” relationship, and brought his lover back to life on the page.’ * Steve Dow, Age *