{"product_id":"niven-govinden-this-brutal-house-2019-hardback","title":"Niven Govinden: This Brutal House [2019] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both personal and political' \u003c\/b\u003eJenni Fagan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A vital book' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew McMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful and poetic book' \u003c\/b\u003eKerry Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Niven Govinden is a true force of fierceness and beauty' \u003c\/b\u003eOlivia Laing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tremendously powerful and illuminating. It held me captive in the best way. A clarion call to action from a criminally gifted writer' \u003c\/b\u003eIrenosen Okojie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike the best drag acts, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Brutal House\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e leaves its reader full of a powerful, protesting energy' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatching from City Hall's windows is city clerk, Teddy. Raised by the Mothers, he is now charged with brokering an uneasy truce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith echoes of James Baldwin, Marilynne Robinson and Rachel Kushner, Niven Govinden asks what happens when a generation remembered for a single, lavish decade has been forced to grow up, and what it means to be a parent in a confused and complex society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Govinden, Niven","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53760365691219,"sku":"XE80349700700","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/govinden-niven-niven-govinden-this-brutal-house-2019-hardback-xe80349700700-1238502223.jpg?v=1778842211","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/niven-govinden-this-brutal-house-2019-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}