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- Book Synopsis
- An intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a brilliant new voice in narrative non-fiction **LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE** **A 2026 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS FINALIST** 'An eye-opening tour de force' ALEX ESPINOZA 'Exhilarating' SUSAN ORLEAN 'Tender and insightful' MOHAMED TONSY Upon 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 question: Isn't 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 Gaar's own clandestine relationship. Weaving intimate and illuminating memoir with unprecedented reportage, Guest Privileges is a decade-long 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 OWUSU 'I was captivated and carried' ADAM ZMITH 'Adams gives a voice to a queer community we hear much about, but little from…offering hope in a world witnessing the concerted rollback of queer rights' HUGO GREENHALGH
- About The Author
- Gaar Adams is an American writer whose work has been published in the Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Rolling Stone, Al Jazeera, Slate and VICE. He lives in Brixton and is a fellow of London Library Emerging Writer programme. Guest Privileges is his first book.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781529933604
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage, (20 March 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 214 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 18 mm
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