LAMBDA LITERARY OCTOBERS MOST ANTICIPATED LGBTQIA LITERATURETHE GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 30 CANADIAN BOOKS TO READ IN 2023A novel about Berlin a city for artists and libertines a perfect place to find love and madness.ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10When he tired of Torontos insular scene art critic Martin Heather fled to Berlin where he tried to sleep his way through the entire population of gay men. And then he met Alexandar who began to tutor Martin in increasingly violent sex and in love.ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10Pervatory is a series of journal entries about Martin and Alexandarampamp8217s relationship. But interjections from the present where Martin has been institutionalized suggest that the hints we get of his increasing instability and obsession with the idea that his apartment is haunted by an evil spirit may have led to something dire ampamp8230ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10RM Vaughan was an astute art critic a dazzling poet and an important queer activist.