{"product_id":"the-town-of-babylon-9781662601996","title":"The Town of Babylon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 - \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLGBTQ Reads\u003c\/i\u003e, Latinx in Publishing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Recommended by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this contemporary debut novel--an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity --Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returns to his suburban hometown in the wake of his husband's infidelity. There he finds himself with no excuse not to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, and hesitantly begins to reconnect with people he used to call friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the next few weeks, while caring for his aging parents and navigating the neighborhood where he grew up, Andrés falls into old habits with friends he thought he'd left behind. Before long, he unexpectedly becomes entangled with his first love and is forced to tend to past wounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaptivating and poignant; a modern coming-of-age story about the essential nature of community, \u003ci\u003eThe Town of Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning novel about young love and a close examination of our social systems and the toll they take when they fail us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlejandro Varela (he\/him) is based in New York. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Point \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. He is a 2019 Jerome Fellow in Literature and his graduate studies were in public health.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614716563730,"sku":"9781662601996","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a30bd198-d033-4491-ae06-2bd0c05ef0ee.jpg?v=1732458063","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-town-of-babylon-9781662601996","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}