Justin Torres

Nov 2, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Justin Torres

The report, “Sex Variants: A Study in Homosexual Patterns,”is a topic of conversation between the two main characters: our narrator, an unnamed young man with a rough past, and an older man, very ill and close to death, named Juan Gay. Juan and the narrator had met years earlier at another facility, and their memories are, for various reasons, unreliable. The report, for even more various reasons, is also unreliable.

Sep 14, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Tom Crewe |George Orwell |Justin Torres |Andrew O'Hagan

The novels that made the 2024 shortlist are listed below. Comments are from the prize’s judging panel, which in 2024 was chaired by Alexandra Harris, and also included Lara Choksey, Ross Raisin and Simon Okotie: Blackouts by Justin Torres is a formal masterpiece, creating its own zone beyond the story it tells: a redacted history of queer sexology via an intergenerational deathbed dialogue.

Dec 3, 2023 | courant.com | Daniel Mason |Justin Torres |Ann Patchett |Patrick deWitt

Do the folks on your holiday list want something to read? Of course, they do!We recommend 40 books that will thrill you, warm your heart, make you laugh and maybe change the way you see the world.

Nov 29, 2023 | kansascity.com | Daniel Mason |Justin Torres |Ann Patchett |Patrick deWitt

Do the folks on your holiday list want something to read? Of course, they do!We recommend 40 books that will thrill you, warm your heart, make you laugh and maybe change the way you see the world.

Oct 9, 2023 | nytimes.com | Justin Torres

What to Read Find Your Next Book March Releases Critics' Reviews Editors' Choice 100 Notable Books What to Read Find Your Next Book March Releases Critics' Reviews Editors' Choice 100 Notable Books Justin Torres's genre-defying new book, "Blackouts," explores what it means to be erased and how to persist after being wiped away. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.