Dustin Lance Black: Mama's Boy

A Story From Our Americas. UK 2019, 416 pp., hardback, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Hodder and Stoughton
From the screenwriter (»Milk«), political activist and husband of Olympic diver Tom Daley, a memoir about growing up as a gay Mormon in Texas that is, as well, a tribute to the mother who taught him about surviving against all odds. Black helped overturn California's anti-gay marriage »Proposition 8«, but as an LGBTQ activist he has unlikely origins. Raised in ... Weiterlesen

Saleem Haddad: Guapa

UK 2019, 300 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Random House
Set over the course of 24 hours, »Guapa« follows Rasa, a gay man living in an unnamed Arab country, as he tries to carve out a life for himself in the midst of political and social upheaval. Rasa spends his days translating for Western journalists and pining for the nights when he can sneak his lover, Taymour, into his room. ... Weiterlesen
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Eric Bell: Alan Cole Is Not a Coward

USA 2017, 262 pp., hardbound, € 19.95
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Alan Cole can't stand up to his cruel brother, Nathan. He can't escape the wrath of his demanding father, who thinks he's about as exceptional as a goldfish. And - scariest of all - he can't let the cute boy across the cafeteria know he has a crush on him. But when Nathan discovers Alan's secret, his older brother announces ... Weiterlesen

Pajtim Statovci: My Cat Yugoslavia

UK 2018, 257 pp., brochure, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Pushkin
In 1980s Yugoslavia, a young Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, but what was meant to be a happy match goes quickly wrong. Soon thereafter her country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee. Years later, her son, Bekim, grows up a social outcast in present-day Finland, not just an immigrant ... Weiterlesen

Will Self: Phone

UK 2018, 624 pp., brochure, € 12.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Penguin UK
For the characters at the heart of Will Self's new novel the 500-quid worry bead in their pocket may be both a blessing and a curse. For elderly Dr Zachary Busner it is a mysterious object - »NO CALLER ID« - but also it's his life line to his autistic grandson Ben, whose own connection with technology is, in turn, ... Weiterlesen

Garrard Conley: Boy Erased

UK 2018, 340 pp., Pb, € 13.95
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William Collins
The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. As a 19-year-old college student, Garrard was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to ... Weiterlesen
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Patrick Ness: Release

UK 2017, 288 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Walker
A startling and tender novel about how to let yourself love and set yourself free by Patrick Ness. Today will change Adam Thorn's life. Between his religious family, unpleasant boss and his ex-boyfriend, the bindings of his world are coming undone. And way across town, a ghost has risen from the lake. Is there time for Adam to find his ... Weiterlesen

Brontez Purnell: Since I Laid My Burden Down

USA 2017, 208 pp., brochure, € 18.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Feminist Press
DeShawn lives a high, creative, and promiscuous life in San Francisco. But when he's called back to his cramped Alabama hometown for his uncle's funeral, he's hit by flashbacks of handsome, doomed neighbors and sweltering Sunday services. Amidst prickly reminders of his childhood, DeShawn ponders family, church, and the men in his life, prompting the question: Who deserves love? - ... Weiterlesen

Hasan Namir: God in Pink

USA 2015, 153 pp., brochure, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Arsenal Pulp Press
A revelatory novel about being gay and Muslim, set in war-torn Iraq in 2003. Ramy is a young gay Iraqi struggling to find a balance between his sexuality, religion, and culture. Since his parents have died, he lives under the close scrutinity of his strict brother and sister-in-law. They exert pressure on him to find a wife, leaving him anguished ... Weiterlesen

Rahul Mehta: No Other World

USA 2018, 304 pp., pb., € 17.95
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Harper Collins
12-year-old Kiran Shah, the American-born son of Indian immigrants, longingly observes his prototypically American neighbors, the Bells. He's powerfully drawn - in a way he does not yet understand - to Kelly Bell's charismatic father, Chris. Kiran is close to his older sister, Preeti - until an unfathomable betrayal drive a wedge between them that will reverberate through their lives. ... Weiterlesen

Dooney, Phyllis: Gravity Is Stronger Here

D 2016, 200 pp., hardbound, € 51.30
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Kehrer
Die Fotografin Phyllis B. Dooney hat fünf Jahre lang den Alltag einer lesbischen Tochter in einer konservativen Familie aus Mississippi dokumentiert. Angeführt von ihrer offen lesbischen Tochter Halea träumt die Familie Brown, während sie gegen den stillen Sog der Armut und der sich stets wiederholenden häuslichen Abläufe ankämpfen. Berauscht von der Luft des Mississippi-Deltas, behaupten die Südstaatler, hier sei die ... Weiterlesen

Edouard Louis: The End of Eddy

Translated by Michael Lucey. UK 2017, 208 pp., brochure, € 18.95
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Random House
»Before I had a chance to rebel against the world of my childhood, that world rebelled against me. In truth, confronting my parents, my social class, its poverty, racism and brutality came second. From early on I provoked shame and even disgust from my family and others around me. The only option I had was to get away somehow. This ... Weiterlesen

A.L. Brooks: Dark Horse

D 2017, 272 pp., brochure, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Ylva Verlag
Sometimes, going back is the only way forward: Punished for a crime she did not commit, Sadie is sent away to live with Elsie, her grandmother and rebuild her life estranged from the rest of her family. Now, several years later she returns home to visit her terminally ill mother and face up to the past. In the midst of ... Weiterlesen

Wade Gasque (R): Tiger Orange

USA 2016, 76 Min., OF, € 19.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Matchbox
The film follows gay brothers Chet and Todd (Mark Strano and Frankie Valenti) as they reunite in their Californian home town after the death of their father. While Chet remained behind to run their father's hardware store, Todd fled their conservative upbringing to move to L.A. at the age of 18. Back together again in their home town, the brothers ... Weiterlesen

David Levithan: Hold Me Closer

The Tiny Cooper Story. USA 2016, 200 pp., brochure, € 13.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Penguin USA
It's Tiny Cooper's turn in the spotlight in this companion novel to New York Times bestseller »Will Grayson, Will Grayson«. Jazz hands at the ready! Tiny Cooper (»the world's largest person who is also really, really gay«) stole readers' hearts when he was introduced to the world in the New York Times bestselling book »Will Grayson, Will Grayson«, co-authored by ... Weiterlesen

JD Glass: Punk Like Me

D 2016, 253 pp., brochure, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Ylva Verlag
Nina, at 21, is standing at the edge of »being« and »becoming.« She remembers when her parents, and the nuns, and everyone else seemed to have plans for her, of who she was and who she'd be. Her dad calls »punk« anything and anyone that disobeys the norms. And then there's Nina's feelings. Feelings for her friend Kerry, feelings from ... Weiterlesen

Emily O'Beirne: Here's the Thing

D 2016, 182 pp., brochure, € 15.32
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Ylva Verlag
It's only for a year. That's what sixteen-year-old Zel keeps telling herself after moving to Sydney for her dad's work. She'll just wait it out until she gets back to New York and Prim, her epic crush/best friend, and the unfinished subway project. Even if Prim hasn't spoken to her since that day on Coney Island. But Zel soon finds ... Weiterlesen

David Treuer: Prudence

USA 2016, 253 pp., brochure, € 16.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Penguin USA
In August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, heading for Europe. Awaiting him are his hovering mother, his distant father, the Indian caretaker who's been more of a father to him than his own, and Billy, the childhood friend who over the years has ... Weiterlesen