![]() ![]() Many of the subjects-sexual disillusionment, complications with coming out, relations across race and class-are common terrain, but Gomez primes the meaning in fleeting intimacy so well that the result is a compelling page-turner. Gomez could write beautifully about a toothpick, but the 29-year-old has gathered a roster of peculiar stories: pressured by an uncle at 13 to prove his machismo by having sex with a “girl-woman” an unexpectedly sweet coming-out story skirmishes with a bouncer that barely conceal the aftermaths of a national catastrophe. The voice and structure of High-Risk Homosexual make each chapter a propulsive delight. ![]() High-Risk Homosexual, the debut memoir by the talented Edgar Gomez, manages to fall into both categories-a funny beach-read with piercing cuts into lived reality, all conveyed in a wry yet generous tone. Publishers tend to market gay memoirs as campy, joyful, and frivolous or serious, profound, and brooding. Edgar Gomez’s Intricate and Emotive Memoir, High-Risk Homosexual ![]()
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