Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, the fourteen-year-old Barney Frank made two vital discoveries about himself: he was attracted to government, and to men. He resolved to make a career out of the first attraction and to keep the second a secret. Now, decades later, his sexual orientation is widely accepted (he became the first sitting member of Congress to enter a gay marriage), while his belief in government is embattled. The book gives his account of the country's transformation--and the tale of a truly momentous career.