Part One, The Shadow Before: Chapter 2, After the Festival, (1984) Summary

The police are investigating the death of a gay man in downtown Derry. The man's lover tells the police that they had had trouble with a group of young men a few days before when the gay man, Adrian, had been confronted about a hat he was wearing. The hat was a paper top hat that said,

'I love Derry". Adrian had won it during the Canal Days Festival in downtown Derry. However, the leader of the young men felt it was a slap in the face of all the citizens in Derry for a gay man to be wearing such a hat. Before the young man could do anything about it, however, they were interrupted in the confrontation by a cop. The young man swore to...