A review by drawdownthemoon
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas

4.0

An unflinching examination of humanity and all its limitations and failings, even in the struggle for purity and faith. Tsiolkas’s afterword particularly resonates with me, as someone in a similar position to him – we are both LGBTQ+ individuals alienated from the Christian religion we were raised on; unable to reconcile its teachings of love and acceptance with the hatred and hypocrisy of modern-day churches – and I am immensely heartened by the very existence of this book.