Summary of What Belongs to You
“What Belongs to You” tells the story of an American teacher in Sofia who, in search of gay love, starts a relationship of paid sexual favours with a young Bulgarian hustler.
Reasons to read What Belongs to You
“What Belongs to You” is an intense novel that deals with topics such as coping with homosexuality in a hostile environment (Bulgaria and Kentucky), sexual obsession, guilt, exploitation, blackmail, and above all, the traumas caused by parental rejection. Garth Greenwell is an American writer who lived several years in Bulgaria. His novel “What Belongs to You” won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year and was named one of the best books of 2016 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, and other publications. Greenwell’s follow-up novel “Cleanness” follows the same protagonist in Sofia.
Setting: Sofia (Bulgaria)
Original title: What Belongs to You
Year of publication: 2016
Nr of pages: 208
