Hovering World a Fiction

A day-in-the-life novel -- but what a day, what a life! Peter Dubi's first novel, Hovering World, moves effortlessly from sunlight to midnight and far beyond, in passages that are by turns haunting and haunted, surreal and erotic. Hovering World is queer in all the best senses of the word -- non-conformist, eccentric, dissenting, crazed, aberrant and, of course, invaluable. An unforgettable debut.

A day-in-the-life novel -- but what a day, what a life! Peter Dubi's first novel, Hovering World, moves effortlessly from sunlight to midnight and far beyond, in passages that are by turns haunting and haunted, surreal and erotic. The arrival of a photo of an angel sets off a quest of sorts, and along the way we encounter a general named Disarray, essays in art theory, moments of passionate obsession in both the streets of the city and the 'opaque corridors' of a gay sauna. Hovering World is queer in all the best senses of the word -- non-conformist, eccentric, dissenting, crazed, aberrant and, of course, invaluable. An unforgettable debut.