Alana S. Portero presents Bad Habit
Instituto Cervantes in London is collaborating with the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Romancero Books bookshop and a talk with Alana S. Portero on the publication in English of her book La mala costumbre, Bad Habit in paperback by Fourth Estate.
The event will consist of a discussion between the author and the director of the bookshop.
Brief synopsis of the book:
A young trans girl with no name grows up in a working-class suburb that has no place for her. She discovers community and kinship in the centre of Madrid, amidst a glittering party scene animated by charming junkies, glamorous pop divas and fallen angels. With every step he takes in the city, he is confronted by an antagonism he doesn't yet know how to counter. In this exciting and often terrifying place, every decision can have the greatest of risks, and yet she knows that only she can forge a path to the life she really wants to live.
Bad Habit, by Alana S Portero, is a beautiful and deeply moving novel, translated by Mara Faye Lethem, that deftly illuminates the search for identity and the power of chosen family. Bad Habit is an unforgettable story of self-realisation that speaks to the outsider in all of us.
