Description

From punk ethos to self-discovery: a trans woman’s transformative road trip across America.

Maria, a thirty-something trans woman, is stuck in a rut. She spends her days working at a New York bookstore, struggling to stay true to her punk ideals while drowning her sorrows in alcohol and engaging in a string of unfulfilling sexual encounters.

When her girlfriend cheats on her, Maria impulsively steals her car and sets off on a journey to the Pacific, embarking on her own unique version of the Great American Road Trip.

In Reno, Nevada, she meets James, a young Wal-Mart employee in whom she sees echoes of her younger self. The two form an unlikely but profound connection that will have significant consequences for both of their lives.

Nevada is a groundbreaking and hilarious cult classic from trans writer Imogen Binnie. This pioneering work of trans fiction has inspired a new literary movement and is now published in the UK for the first time as part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Publisher Review

This is the book that launched the trans writing scene in Brooklyn that changed my own life. The scene had a basic premise: trans women writing for other trans women. It seems simple, but it had revolutionary effects, similar to Toni Morrison's famous declaration that she 'writes for Black women.' When we trans women wrote for each other, we never had to stop to explain our transness. It was full-out story all the time - and it turned out, everyone else could keep up. Meanwhile, the bar was higher - it's more difficult to impress other trans women about trans issues, to tell stories they haven't heard or even experienced. Nevada - the story of a trans woman on a road trip - was the book that taught us how to do this, and it remains an original -- Torrey Peters