Book review: Losing Face by George Haddad
Losing Face (2022) by emerging author George Haddad is a powerful contemporary tale that frames the Lebanese-Australian immigrant experience and its trickle-down effects on later generations. With Haddad’s gripping storytelling and nuanced insight into the workings of masculinity in the shadows of intergenerational trauma, Losing Face reveals not only the complexity, but also the juxtaposition of these thought-provoking themes. What does it mean to be a man? Even more importantly, what does it mean to be yourself – regardless of your gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or age?