Writer and performer Jonathan Ames’ protagonist in I Pass Like the Night leads a double-life. That might not be so unusual in New York City, but his foray into seedy, sex-stained night-life where anything goes is more than a young man’s search for excitement. The inherent sadness and isolation of Ames’ hero makes this contemporary tale of youth and despair, loneliness and empty sex a modern classic. | I Pass Like Night by Jonathan Ames, Paperback | Indigo Chapters