Jim Brown reviewed Blackouts by Justin Torres
A metafiction narrating the ways bibliophilia, logomania and homosexuality entangle people and organize them into …
the queerness of narrative and language
I love what this book does with both historical material and with storytelling. Sometimes I leave novels based on actual historical events wondering why a novelization or fictional approach is necessary, but this book both taught me something I didn't about Jan Gay and also reminded me how queer communication is...how true communication never hits the mark, never reveals itself, never lands.