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The Sleeping Car Porter 2022
The Sleeping Car Porter is an English-language novel written by Canadian author Suzette Mayr. It was published in August 2022 through Coach House Books. The story takes place in the 1920s and follows Baxter, a Black Canadian man who is also closeted gay and originally from the Caribbean. He works as a railway porter to accumulate funds for his goal of becoming a dentist. The novel received the 2022 Giller Prize and was listed by Publishers Weekly as one of the top ten fiction books released in 2022. The book has 224 pages. The cover artwork is titled Unapologetically William and was created by Janet Hill.
Crew
- Cover artist
- Janet Hill
Details
- Publisher
- Coach House Books
- ISBN
- 9781552454589
- Pages
- 224
- Format
- Print (paperback)
