Nevada
09 June 2022Synopsis
From punk ethos to self-discovery: a trans woman's transformative road trip across America.
Maria, a thirty-something trans woman, is stuck in a rut. She spends her days working at a New York bookstore, struggling to stay true to her punk ideals while drowning her sorrows in alcohol and engaging in a string of unfulfilling sexual encounters.
When her girlfriend cheats on her, Maria impulsively steals her car and sets off on a journey to the Pacific, embarking on her own unique version of the Great American Road Trip.
In Reno, Nevada, she meets James, a young Wal-Mart employee in whom she sees echoes of her younger self. The two form an unlikely but profound connection that will have significant consequences for both of their lives.
Nevada is a groundbreaking and hilarious cult classic from trans writer Imogen Binnie. This pioneering work of trans fiction has inspired a new literary movement and is now published in the UK for the first time as part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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09 June 2022
9781529092066Reviews
This is the book that launched the trans writing scene in Brooklyn that changed my own life. The scene had a basic premise: trans women writing for other trans women. It seems simple, but it had revolutionary effects, similar to Toni Morrison's famous declaration that she 'writes for Black women.' [Nevada] remains an originalTorrey Peters
I fully tip my hat to former fellow Maximum Rock N Roll columnist and my sibling in the latter-day queer punk literary revolution; I say without hesitation that we do not deserve Imogen Binnie AT ALL...it is truly a joy to watch a master of suspense paint the page with a both-feet-on-the-gas-pedal inner monologue, that is at once, spontaneous, acidic, razor sharp observant, fully embodied and (most importantly) vulnerable...TENS ACROSS THE GODDAMN BOARD.'Brontez Purnell
I've told people that Nevada is the On the Road of trans literature, but that's glib and unfair to Imogen Binnie, who is a lot smarter than Jack Kerouac. Nevada crept in under cover of night in 2013 and assumed its position as a classic while everyone's attention was elsewhere...this is one for the ages.Lucy Sante
