A review by joana_stormblessed
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

5.0

I mean this was just something else. I usually don't click with books written in verse but this one I loved. And whilst I am neither queer nor black, I could relate to this so much because of the sentiment of being not being X enough for this country or Y enough for this one. Having been borne in Luxembourg to a Portuguese family I was not Luxembourgish enough in Luxembourg nor was I Portuguese enough in Portugal. I could also relate to the topic of paternal abandonment. very touching very beautiful