The long road back.(Brief Article)(Interview)

Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

Publication Date: 16-JAN-01

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Nearly two years after the brutal beating that almost took his life, writer Robert Brake discusses his long road of recovery

Late one night in January 1999, Robert Drake, a well-known gay author and editor living in Ireland researching a book, dragged two fresh acquaintances to his apartment for an after-hours nightcap. Before the night ended, the men beat Drake until he slumped to the floor in a pool of blood, then left him for dead.

But through an incredible combination of luck and willpower, Drake refused to surrender to death. With the aid of a plethora of friends--including an estranged American lover and a then-new Irish one, both doctors--Drake returned to Philadelphia, his U.S. home, to start his long struggle back from death's doorstep.

His journey has been a tedious and strenuous...

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