Backroom boys, be they young men or old, hedonistically explore in the netherworld of Capote’s tales. They embrace bodily pleasure, experimenting with new possibilities – or sometimes just new locations – for a raucous party of skin-on-skin delight. Backroom boys seek out queer carnal knowledge, tossing aside conventionality to fulfill passionate desires and sensuous beauty. And there in the heat of the night, some of them find discoverthat their truest selves, in all their homoerotic exhilaration.