This Brutal House
This Brutal House
GUARDIAN MUST READ BOOKS OF 2019
INEWS BEST NEW FICTION 2019
'A symbolic rallying cry for the need for LGBTQ+ teens to have safe spaces of their own' Dazed (Books to read in 2019)
'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both personal and political' Jenni Fagan
'Fearless, authentic, vivid - necessary in a world that's running out of tolerance' Panos Karnezis
'A vital book' Andrew McMillan
'A novel of rare intensity and sustained passion, This Brutal House shines a light on lives marginalised and magnificent, and asks the pressing question: what would you do to stand up for your truth?' Stephen Kelman
'A powerful and poetic book' Kerry Hudson
'Niven Govinden is a true force of fierceness and beauty' Olivia Laing
'Tremendously powerful and illuminating. It held me captive in the best way. A clarion call to action from a criminally gifted writer' Irenosen Okojie
'Like the best drag acts, This Brutal House leaves its reader full of a powerful, protesting energy' Irish Times
On the steps of New York's City Hall, five ageing Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the guardians of the vogue ball community - queer men who opened their hearts and homes to countless lost Children, providing safe spaces for them to explore their true selves.
Through epochs of city nightlife, from draconian to liberal, the Children have been going missing; their absences ignored by the authorities and uninvestigated by the police. In a final act of dissent the Mothers have come to pray: to expose their personal struggle beneath our age of protest, and commemorate their loss until justice is served.
Watching from City Hall's windows is city clerk, Teddy. Raised by the Mothers, he i
INEWS BEST NEW FICTION 2019
'A symbolic rallying cry for the need for LGBTQ+ teens to have safe spaces of their own' Dazed (Books to read in 2019)
'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both personal and political' Jenni Fagan
'Fearless, authentic, vivid - necessary in a world that's running out of tolerance' Panos Karnezis
'A vital book' Andrew McMillan
'A novel of rare intensity and sustained passion, This Brutal House shines a light on lives marginalised and magnificent, and asks the pressing question: what would you do to stand up for your truth?' Stephen Kelman
'A powerful and poetic book' Kerry Hudson
'Niven Govinden is a true force of fierceness and beauty' Olivia Laing
'Tremendously powerful and illuminating. It held me captive in the best way. A clarion call to action from a criminally gifted writer' Irenosen Okojie
'Like the best drag acts, This Brutal House leaves its reader full of a powerful, protesting energy' Irish Times
On the steps of New York's City Hall, five ageing Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the guardians of the vogue ball community - queer men who opened their hearts and homes to countless lost Children, providing safe spaces for them to explore their true selves.
Through epochs of city nightlife, from draconian to liberal, the Children have been going missing; their absences ignored by the authorities and uninvestigated by the police. In a final act of dissent the Mothers have come to pray: to expose their personal struggle beneath our age of protest, and commemorate their loss until justice is served.
Watching from City Hall's windows is city clerk, Teddy. Raised by the Mothers, he i
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GUARDIAN MUST READ BOOKS OF 2019
INEWS BEST NEW FICTION 2019
'A symbolic rallying cry for the need for LGBTQ+ teens to have safe spaces of their own' Dazed (Books to read in 2019)
'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both personal and political' Jenni Fagan
'Fearless, authentic, vivid - necessary in a world that's running out of tolerance' Panos Karnezis
'A vital book' Andrew McMillan
'A novel of rare intensity and sustained passion, This Brutal House shines a light on lives marginalised and magnificent, and asks the pressing question: what would you do to stand up for your truth?' Stephen Kelman
'A powerful and poetic book' Kerry Hudson
'Niven Govinden is a true force of fierceness and beauty' Olivia Laing
'Tremendously powerful and illuminating. It held me captive in the best way. A clarion call to action from a criminally gifted writer' Irenosen Okojie
'Like the best drag acts, This Brutal House leaves its reader full of a powerful, protesting energy' Irish Times
On the steps of New York's City Hall, five ageing Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the guardians of the vogue ball community - queer men who opened their hearts and homes to countless lost Children, providing safe spaces for them to explore their true selves.
Through epochs of city nightlife, from draconian to liberal, the Children have been going missing; their absences ignored by the authorities and uninvestigated by the police. In a final act of dissent the Mothers have come to pray: to expose their personal struggle beneath our age of protest, and commemorate their loss until justice is served.
Watching from City Hall's windows is city clerk, Teddy. Raised by the Mothers, he i
INEWS BEST NEW FICTION 2019
'A symbolic rallying cry for the need for LGBTQ+ teens to have safe spaces of their own' Dazed (Books to read in 2019)
'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both personal and political' Jenni Fagan
'Fearless, authentic, vivid - necessary in a world that's running out of tolerance' Panos Karnezis
'A vital book' Andrew McMillan
'A novel of rare intensity and sustained passion, This Brutal House shines a light on lives marginalised and magnificent, and asks the pressing question: what would you do to stand up for your truth?' Stephen Kelman
'A powerful and poetic book' Kerry Hudson
'Niven Govinden is a true force of fierceness and beauty' Olivia Laing
'Tremendously powerful and illuminating. It held me captive in the best way. A clarion call to action from a criminally gifted writer' Irenosen Okojie
'Like the best drag acts, This Brutal House leaves its reader full of a powerful, protesting energy' Irish Times
On the steps of New York's City Hall, five ageing Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the guardians of the vogue ball community - queer men who opened their hearts and homes to countless lost Children, providing safe spaces for them to explore their true selves.
Through epochs of city nightlife, from draconian to liberal, the Children have been going missing; their absences ignored by the authorities and uninvestigated by the police. In a final act of dissent the Mothers have come to pray: to expose their personal struggle beneath our age of protest, and commemorate their loss until justice is served.
Watching from City Hall's windows is city clerk, Teddy. Raised by the Mothers, he i
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