February Book Club: My Tender Matador

For February, The Common Press Book club will be reading My Tender Matador, a transgressive queer classic of desire and revolution.

Join us March 6th for our monthly online discussion, for significant conversations with fellow bibliophiles 🥵.

It is spring 1986 and Santiago’s streets are aflame with protests against the dictator Augusto Pinochet. From her lavishly decorated hovel, the Queen of the Corner embroiders linen for the wealthy, dreams of romance and listens to boleros to drown out the rioting and gunshots. When handsome young macho Carlos waltzes into her life, the ageing queer swiftly agrees to help with his clandestine activities. As a strange connection blooms, their fates careen towards that of the dictator himself.

This book club is hosted by one of our amazing booksellers, Blake!

Blake is an MA student studying on the History of the Book course over at the School of Advanced Study, with a specialty in rare books and modernist publishing histories. Her favourite authors are Samuel R Delany, Ann Quin and Claire Louise Bennett; if you want to make her really excited, ask her about her collection of copies of Ulysses. Blake also started London's own trans climbing group, T-Climbing, so when she's not reading she's mostly up a wall (or on the dancefloor).

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