
We discuss Pulitzer-prize winning comic novel Less by Andrew Sean Greer, and Joseph Cassara’s The House of Impossible Beauties, a novel of drag queens and drag balls in 1980s New York. Both received rave reviews from the critics, but did they make for good book club books? Listen in to find out.
Book recommendations
- Fair Play by Tove Jansson
- White Houses by Amy Bloom
Notes
Our recommendations this episode come from Jim McSweeney of Gay’s The Word bookshop in London’s Bloomsbury, the only dedicated LBGTQ bookstore in the UK and a literary delight.
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