Blackouts

A Novel

304 pages

English language

Published Dec. 18, 2023 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-29357-4
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A metafiction narrating the ways bibliophilia, logomania and homosexuality entangle people and organize them into lives.

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the queerness of narrative and language

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I love what this book does with both historical material and with storytelling. Sometimes I leave novels based on actual historical events wondering why a novelization or fictional approach is necessary, but this book both taught me something I didn't about Jan Gay and also reminded me how queer communication is...how true communication never hits the mark, never reveals itself, never lands.