Love and Lies Along the Language Barrier by M. Faraday

Turning a kaleidoscopic lens on the worlds of power, desire, and connection, Love and Lies Along the Language Barrier: Memoir of a Gay Journalist by M. Faraday is an enthralling confessional of a fearless truth-teller. Spanning a lifetime of lascivious affairs and unbelievable entanglements from Havana and Sri Lanka to Kabul and Joburg, this narrative collage of recollection is far more than a travelogue of sexual escapades. With raw, fluid language and a discerning eye for cultural nuance, Faraday explores themes both taboo and timeless, from sex workers and slavery to queer identity, cultural subjugation, and the journalistic onus to witness the world, offering a compellingly honest account of a storied life.