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Not a Virgin

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In this coming-of-age novel, four Indonesian high-school students seek to discover what their future will bring and look for answers to their questions about sexuality. With characters ranging from cross-dressing hairdressers, drag queens and rent boys to fanatic Muslims and low-life security personnel, the action of this tragicomedy moves between an Islamic boarding school and a gay bar in Jakarta, and in so doing illuminates the mindset and yearnings of a new generation of Indonesians.

Nuril Basri was born in a village in West Java, Indonesia,
and raised as a in a staunchly Islamic community.
Nuril has worked in a variety of positions—cashier,
tutor, accounts manager, waiter, etc.—the combined
experience of which has served to enrich his characters
and settings. Nuril is the author of six novels.

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