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A queer Syrian refugee reckons with a life spent out of place.

“Writing this memoir is a betrayal.” So begins this electrifying personal account from Danny Ramadan, a celebrated novelist who has long enjoyed the shield his fiction provides. Now, to tell the story of his life, he must revisit…

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1 author picked Crooked Teeth as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Danny Ramadam is writing in his second language about a world I only know through the whispers of others others. He completely drew me into his life as a gay man born into a society where homosexuality is a taboo and, where independent of that, political forces conspire to destroy decent folk. He is funny and wise and I would love to meet him because he seems such an engaging, person.

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