Combining the raw realism and vulnerability of Shuggie Bain and
Detransition, Baby with the poignant sensibility of Pedro
Almodóvar, a staggering coming-of-age novel deeply rooted in the
class struggles of a trans woman growing up in Madrid in the last
decades of the twentieth century. "I saw a whole generation of boys
fall like irredeemable angels." Told in the heartrending voice of a
girl trapped within the body of a boy, Bad Habit is a story of
coming-of-age in working class Madrid-in a godforsaken neighborhood
ironically named after a saint. Alana S. Portero's spunky
protagonist struggles to make sense of herself and the world she
inhabits, conveying her surroundings with mythic allusions and a
poetic vitality absent from everyday life. Set against the heroin
epidemic that ravaged Madrid in the 1980s and the city's vibrant
party scene that dominated its nightlife in the 1990s, Bad Habit
follows Portero's unnamed protagonist as she grows up in a
blue-collar suburb that has no place for her. Forging ahead, she
discovers community and kinship in downtown Madrid, amid a lively
party scene animated by junkies, pop divas, and fallen angels. But
with each step she takes forward, she finds herself confronted by a
violence she does not yet know how to counter; in this exciting,
often terrifying, world each choice can truly be a matter of life
and death. Blistering and compassionate, Bad Habit illuminates the
ties between gender and class, the search for identity, and the
power of sisterhood. Shimmering in its lyrical beauty, vivid in its
realism, autobiographical in its detail, it is a mesmerizing story
of self-realization that speaks to the outsider in all of us.
Translated from the Spanish by Mara Faye Lethem
General
| Imprint: |
Collins
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2024 |
| Authors: |
Alana S. Portero
|
| Translators: |
Mara Faye Lethem
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
176 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-333612-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-06-333612-X |
| Barcode: |
9780063336124 |
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