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<b>NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 </b><b>BY </b><i><b>Buzzfeed </b></i><b><i>• Esquire • Bustle • The Millions • The Wall Street Journal • Entertainment Weekly • Nylon • Elle • Dazed • The Irish Times</i></b><br> <br><b>'Cassara has written a heartbreaking tale of gay men struggling to survive in a world of clubbing and drugs. It is also an unexpected love story.'</b> <b>Graham Norton, Top Five Reads of 2018</b><br> <br><b>'Cassaras’s propulsive and profound first novel, finding one’s home in the world – particularly in a subculture plagued by fear and intolerance from society – comes with tragedy as well as extraordinary personal freedom.' </b><i><b>Esquire</b></i><br> <br><b>A gritty and gorgeous debut inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza made famous by the seminal documentary <i>Paris Is Burning</i></b><br> <br><b>New York City, 1980</b><br> <br>Nowhere is the city's glamour and energy better reflected than in the burgeoning Harlem dance scene. <br> <br><b>Angel</b><br> <br>Just seventeen years old and burnt by her traumatic past, she wants to create a family for those without.<br> <br><b>Hector</b><br> <br>When Angel falls in love with him, the two decide to set up the House of Xtravaganza, the first ever all-Latino house on the dance circuit. <br> <br><b>The Xtravaganzas</b><br> <br>They are joined by Venus, Juanito and Daniel, all with their own devastating stories to tell, each determined to survive.<br> <br>Told in a voice that brims with wit, rage, tenderness, and fierce yearning, <i>The House of Impossible Beauties</i> is a gritty and gorgeous debut - a tragic story of love, family, and the dynamism of the human spirit.