{"product_id":"portero-alana-s-bad-habit","title":"Portero, Alana S. - Bad Habit","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBad Habit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alana S. Portero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Fiction, Adult\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fourth Estate Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e June 5, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize (in cm): \u003c\/b\u003e19.8 (height) x 12.9 (width) x 1.4 (depth)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780008663339\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCombining the raw realism and vulnerability of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith the poignant sensibility of Pedro Almodóvar, a staggering coming-of-age novel deeply rooted in the class struggles of a trans woman growing up in Madrid in the last decades of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I saw a whole generation of boys fall like irredeemable angels.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold in the heartrending voice of a girl trapped within the body of a boy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Habit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a story of coming-of-age in working class Madrid–in a godforsaken neighborhood ironically named after a saint. Alana S. Portero's spunky protagonist struggles to make sense of herself and the world she inhabits, conveying her surroundings with mythic allusions and a poetic vitality absent from everyday life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet against the heroin epidemic that ravaged Madrid in the 1980s and the city’s vibrant party scene that dominated its nightlife in the 1990s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Habit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Portero’s unnamed protagonist as she grows up in a blue-collar suburb that has no place for her. Forging ahead, she discovers community and kinship in downtown Madrid, amid a lively party scene animated by junkies, pop divas, and fallen angels. But with each step she takes forward, she finds herself confronted by a violence she does not yet know how to counter; in this exciting, often terrifying, world each choice can truly be a matter of life and death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlistering and compassionate, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Habit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e illuminates the ties between gender and class, the search for identity, and the power of sisterhood. Shimmering in its lyrical beauty, vivid in its realism, autobiographical in its detail, it is a mesmerizing story of self-realization that speaks to the outsider in all of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated from Spanish by Mara Faye Lethem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLGBT Themes:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"ul1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eTransgender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelevant Tags:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eQueer, Fiction, LGBT, Spanish Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Spain, Trans, Feminism, Transgender, Drama\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Queer Boekenkast","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52664975294811,"sku":null,"price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/4905\/5835\/files\/Product_1_3328dc89-12cf-4c64-9cbf-5f2e2898e843.jpg?v=1774522139","url":"https:\/\/www.dequeerboekenkast.nl\/products\/portero-alana-s-bad-habit","provider":"De Queer Boekenkast","version":"1.0","type":"link"}