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First Atria Books hardcover edition. |
Description |
253 pages ; 24 cm |
Summary |
"In this captivating dystopian novel, a larger-than-life drag queen and her allies join forces to rise up when a post-Trump regime rounds those deemed "Other" into concentration camps"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps. In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee, and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck, a rogue army officer, who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event. |
Subject |
Sexual minorities -- Fiction.
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Authoritarianism -- Fiction.
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Government, Resistance to -- Fiction.
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Social workers -- Fiction.
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Transgender people -- Fiction.
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Survival -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Dystopian.
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FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / LGBT / General.
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Genre/Form |
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Dystopian fiction.
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Novels.
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Added Title |
Cross-hairs |
Other Form: |
Online version: Hernandez, Catherine, 1977- Crosshairs First. New York : Atria Books, 2020. 9781982146047 (DLC) 2019058053 |
ISBN |
9781982146023 (hardcover) |
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1982146028 (hardcover) |
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9781982146047 (ebook) |
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