Sketchtasy

"The third novel from author and activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore follows 21-year-old Alexa and her group of young queer friends as they use drugs, alcohol and sex to escape from their difficult lives in 1990s Boston. Sycamore paints an unsparing and unsentimental portrait of survival in a homophobic era, and her writing is beyond beautiful. Sketchtasy is a powerful firecracker of a novel; it’s not just one of the best books of the year, it’s an instant classic of queer literature."