Alex Gilvarry Livres

Told through the perspective of Boy Hernandez, a Filipino immigrant with a penchant for glamour, this debut novel offers a darkly comic exploration of life in New York City. As Boy navigates the complexities of his identity and experiences as a Guantánamo detainee, the narrative weaves together themes of love, resilience, and the immigrant experience, painting a vivid portrait of the city and its challenges. Alex Gilvarry's work stands out for its unique blend of humor and poignant social commentary.

It's 1973, and Alan Eastman, a public intellectual, accidental cultural critic, washed-up war journalist, husband and philanderer, finds in himself an existential crisis. His wife has taken the kids and left and his best work feels years behind him. In the depths of despair, he receives an unexpected phone call from an old rival offering him the chance to go to Vietnam to write about the end of the war, but instead of transporting himself back to his heyday as a pioneering war correspondent as he had hoped, he finds himself grappling with the same problems he thought he'd left back in New York.