![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When she meets Venus they form an alliance which will last years, scraping enough money together turning tricks at the city’s piers to establish Angel’s longed for drag ball establishment. She and Hector dream of setting up their own house but this is 1980: AIDs is cutting a devastating swathe through the gay community and Angel is soon left alone. Young, sassy and beautiful, Angel inveigles herself into the dressing room of a New York drag scene star where she meets the love of her life. All of them are runaways, looking for a home. Angel and Venus are transsexual while Juanito and Daniel are not. The House of Impossible Beauties focuses on four characters: Angel, Venus, Juanito and Daniel. That alone would have piqued my interest but it’s also from Oneworld Publications, one of my favourite publishers. Set in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Joseph Cassara’s debut was inspired by the House of Xtravaganza, celebrated in Paris is Burning, a documentary about Harlem’s drag ball scene. ![]()
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