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Praise for The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela

• A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
• LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE 
• A LIBRARY JOURNAL AND PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY “BEST BOOK OF 2022”
• ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing
• *Recommended by The New York Times*
• “Haunting, sublime, solemn, and true.” —Robert Jones Jr., author of The Prophets
• “[An] intense, astute meditation on race, family, class, love, and friendship.” —Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

More about author Alejandro Varela

Alejandro Varela (he/him) is a writer based in New York. His debut novel, The Town of Babylon (2022), was published by Astra House and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His work has appeared in the Point Magazine, Georgia Review, Boston Review, Harper’s, and the Offing, among others outlets. Varela is an editor-at-large of Apogee Journal. His graduate studies were in public health. Access his work at alejandrovarela.work. You can also find him on Twitter and IG: @drovarela.

The Town of Babylon

A Novel

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