Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 3 — PART III: CRUSH CAROUSEL
A gay man’s online diary from Pakistan’s dial-up era.
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 3—PART III CRUSH CAROUSEL (2008-2009)
Crushes come faster and mean less. The jokes dry up. Shams stops sleeping. His family turns against the life he refuses to surrender. After six years and two thousand nights online, he writes that the world will never take him as he is. Then comes a bang on the closet door and the blog stops.
Publisher: Khajistan Press
Author: Shams Tabrizi
Language: English
Type: Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-970281-11-8
Pages: 190
Item Weight: 0.430 lbs
Dimensions: 5 x 8 inches
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Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 3 — PART I: MY IDEAL TOP
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 3 — PART II: ETHICS OF TEMPTATION
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 3 — COMPLETE EDITION
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 2—PART I: BECOMING GAY
Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 2—PART II: TEHZEEB-UL-IKHLAQ CHOWK
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Karachi, After Midnight: VOLUME 2—COMPLETE EDITION
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