The Boatman: An Indian Love Story
Transit Lounge, $29.99 pb, 270 pp, 9781921924804
Memoir
The Boatman: An Indian Love Story by John Burbidge
by Crusader Hillis •
John Burbidge’s The Boatman was first published last year in India, by Yoda Press. Its moving afterword describes Burbidge’s return to India last year for the book launch and his attendance at an LGBT pride march there. Burbidge was struck by how strongly the cause of sexual rights had been embraced by other elements of Indian society who also face discrimination from their countrymen.
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