An intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a brilliant new voice in narrative nonfictionLONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZEAn eyeopening tour de force ALEX ESPINOZAExhilarating SUSAN ORLEANTender and insightful MOHAMED TONSYUpon moving to the Gulf States where penalties for queer acts include deportation, imprisonment, torture and death Gaar Adams wants to understand why LGBTQ+ migrants might choose to live amid such peril. He begins riskily gathering interviews outside the tightly controlled state media, leading with what he thinks is a simple questionIsnt it harder for you to make a life here?But as unforgettable residents share a kaleidoscope of stories from uproarious Filipino salon workers throwing secret drag parties to a courageous Pakistani farmhand who helps his compatriots smuggle themselves across borders deeper questions and fault lines begin to emerge alongside the halting steps into Gaars own clandestine relationship.Weaving intimate and illuminating memoir with unprecedented reportage, Guest Privileges is a decadelong journey of dislocation not just through the Gulf States, but into the very nature of home, belonging and how we form a life and community.Vividly reported and luminously reflective NADIA OWUSUI was captivated and carried ADAM ZMITHAdams gives a voice to a queer community we hear much about, but little from...offering hope in a world witnessing the concerted rollback of...

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGFA; Weight: 337 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18

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