~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize - 2022
~ New Release - 2022
When a mudslide strands a train for two days, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the perils of white passengers, ghosts, and his secret love affair . . .
Illuminating the ways in which race, class, and queerness intersect, The Sleeping Car Porter brings to life an important, and long-neglected, part of Black and queer histories through the spellbinding, magical story of the singular, and unforgettable perspective of a queer man living in a culture that renders him invisible.
"Suzette Mayr brings to life (believably, achingly, thrillingly) a whole world contained in a passenger train moving across the Canadian vastness, nearly one hundred years ago. As only occurs in the finest historical novels, every page in The Sleeping Car Porter feels alive, immediate, and eerily contemporary." -- 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury