The ensembles speech patterns are breathtakingly specific.
The book helps to fill one of adult fictions deeper holes.
This, here, is the exciting narrative and literary potential of intersectionality, realized on the page.
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The book begins by introducing Angel, a trans woman of Puerto Rican heritage drawn to drag and glamour.
Yet theres a tenacity to these characters that prevents the despairing climax from turning too maudlin.
To be sure, the book is hardly perfect, at times galumphing in its story movements.
But those rough edges might just be the key toThe House of Impossible Beauties enthralling, invigorating success.B+
