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The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a …
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One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a …

One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a …

One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a …

First published in 1995, this award-winning novel, written from the epicentre of the AIDS crisis, is a bold, achingly honest …

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There’s a voice in Aline’s head: a voice that wants out.
Brash, boisterous and sexually adventurous, this voice seems to …

There’s a voice in Aline’s head: a voice that wants out.
Brash, boisterous and sexually adventurous, this voice seems to …

It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and …

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A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets caught up in …