The Masker by Torrey Peters6/27/2023 ![]() Peters gave us an overgenerous reading from the middle of the book, lasting approximately seven minutes, and as he read he kind of smiled to himself, as if his words were entertaining him all over again. The host gave us a brief description of what his novel Detransition, Baby was about (basically a man wants to be a ‘mummy’ – see above) and reminded us it had been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for fiction. It was sponsored by The Skinny, which I thought was going to be some sort of oat milk high sugar ‘health’ drink, when actually it’s an ‘independent cultural journalism’ magazine. ![]() Another 70 or so watched live online, including yours truly. To think people actually paid to be in the audience to watch Torrey Peters on a screen is kind of mind boggling, but it’s true – about 60 of them by the look of things – held in a lecture hall at Edinburgh University. ![]()
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