Affecting and poetic ... In a marketplace of often narrowly defined literary categories, Portero’s book — like the best books that feature trans characters — shows us that a "trans novel" can actually be anything it wants to be. Bad Habit is about identity, yes, but in its keenly observed realism, it’s also a family story of parents and children, and at the same time, it offers a fresh angle on narratives of the working class. And undoubtedly, it is a tale of a city.
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