Mirrorstage by Scalpello, Peter

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Author: Scalpello, PeterOf specific Gay & Lesbian interestPublished on 12 March 2026 by Cipher Press in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 96 pages134 x 198 x 11 | 112g
Following their discharge from hospital,Mirrorstagefollows its narrator on a road trip through the grey, liminal landscapes of modern Britain. As they pass graffitied bus shelters, construction sites and flooded motorways, factories and high-rises, the narrators internal and external journeys begin to converge, leading them down paths they have been trying to avoid: the mental illness and substance use that led them to the inpatient ward, the uneasy balance of their own gender identity, their troubled relationship with their estranged father, the perils and pleasures of the queer scene, and the shame that has haunted them throughout their life. Woven around the psychoanalytic concept of its title,Mirrorstageis an experimental fable exploring the boundaries of selfhood and literary forms, told in fragments of prose and verse that are equal parts heartbreaking, sexy, and witty.