The Town of Babylon

✍ Scribed by Alejandro Varela

• Book ID: 110571279
• Publisher: Astra Publishing House
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 684 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781662601040

✦ Synopsis

**ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 - BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing

"A gay Latinx man reckons with his past when he returns home for his 20th high school class reunion in Varela's dazzling debut...an incandescent bildungsroman"
--Starred review, _Publisher's Weekly
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"Varela's debut novel shimmers with tension, navigating the personal and political with practiced ease. Treading the waters of adolescence and adulthood, The Town of Babylon navigates the complexities of home, queerness, and messy histories with measure and empathy. Weaving together histories of immigration, economic unease, and the health complications of racism in America, Varela troubles ideas of community and shared experience amidst a polarizing landscape."
**-- Kaitlynn Cassady, Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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"[An] intense, astute meditation on race, family, class, love, and...