![]() ![]() ![]() He starts by sharing memories of coming out in his youth and moving to Toronto, where he was confronted with the dreary reality of young gay men trapped between the jaws of the Big City and saddled with dead-end jobs. The author’s frame tale periodically interrupts the set of interwoven stories and provides the context for the disappearance of the main characters. But they typically face a complete lack of interest or support, and eventually give up on their searches. The victims’ friends struggle to solve the mystery, alerting the authorities as well as estranged relatives. Their disappearances are usually greeted with disbelief and incomprehension by their friends, as nothing in their quiet, unassuming routines hinted at suicidal tendencies. ![]() The novel is divided into several stories centring on the lives of gay men just before they go missing. It calls attention to the disappearance of vulnerable men from Toronto’s gay village, a recurring phenomenon that has been consistently met with indifference from the police and society at large for decades, and therefore remains unexplained. Red X by David Demchuk is a novel unlike any I have ever read. Content warning: graphic violence, sexual assault, animal violence, homophobia, ableism, racism ![]()
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