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A debut novel in the dark tradition of Jean Genet and John Rechy. Mikey Alvarez, sexually abused as a child, abandoned by his family, becomes a West Side Highway hustler and drug dealer. Mikey survives the streets of New York by joining the House of X, a butch queen gang that exploits the underground club scene and ball circuit for all it's worth.
“Once in a generation, a new voice emerges that makes us see the world in a dazzling new light. Emanuel Xavier is that kind of writer… exciting… vibrant… unique… a visionary bard.”
—Jaime Manrique
“Emanuel Xavier takes no prisoners with his muscular story.”
—Book List
“Xavier flares disappointment like a challenge dance.”
—Laurie Stone, Village Voice
“Xavier's tale recalls the energy and fetid glamour of Andrew Holleran's ‘Dancer from the Dance.'”
—Washington Blade
”...the demi-monde of petty thieves, prostitutes, and pushers where race and sexual power merge in complicated ways that get embodied by the act of sex.”
—David Bergman, Editor of the ‘Men on Men' series
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