Slum Virgin - Gabriela Cabezon Camara (discounted)

Slum Virgin by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Frances Riddle / ISBN 9781999722708 / 147-page paperback with flaps from Charco Press (Edinburgh) / brand new copy discounted due to a damaged corner from inbound shipping *** “Queer writing at its most exhilarating.”―Times Literary Supplement The slums of Buenos Aires, the government, the mafia, the Virgin Mary, corrupt police, sex workers, thieves, drug dealers, and debauchery all combine in this sweeping novel deemed a ‘revelation for contemporary literature’ and ‘pure dynamite’ (Andrés Neuman, author of Traveller of the Century & Talking to Ourselves). When the Virgin Mary appears to Cleopatra, she renounces sex work and takes charge of the shantytown she lives in, transforming it into a tiny utopia. Ambitious journalist Quity knows she’s found the story of the year when she hears about it, but her life is changed forever once she finds herself irrevocably seduced by the captivating subject of her article. Densely-packed,