Palaver by Bryan Washington Groundswell Speaker 2024 a job that was supposed

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'Compulsively readable' – Times Literary Supplement 'An outstanding work' – Philippa Gregory 'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen Fry

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Palaver by Bryan Washington Groundswell Speaker 2024 a job that was supposed'Such a joy' Ocean Vuong 'It'll break and remake your heart' Andrew Sean Greer 'You want this gorgeous book' RO Kwon In Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar. He's entangled in a sexual relationship with a married man, and while he has built a chosen family in Japan, he is estranged from his family in America, particularly his mother, whose preference for the son's troubled homophobic brother