Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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Book name:	Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club (2024)
Category:	Addiction
Author:	Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Language:	English
Publication data:	Jan. 1, 2012, midnight

"Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club" is a collection of seven short stories, all of which are connected by the Kentucky Club, a bar in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The stories explore various themes such as love, loss, addiction, and identity, and feature a range of characters, from a young man coming to terms with his sexuality to an older man reflecting on his past relationships. The author uses the backdrop of the U.S.-Mexico border to highlight the complexities and struggles of the characters' lives. The 9698th greatest book of all time

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Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 16 August 1954) is an award-winning American poet, novelist and writer of children's books.

He was born at Old Picacho, New Mexico, the fourth of seven children, and was raised on a small farm near Mesilla, New Mexico. He graduated from Las Cruces High School in 1972. That fall, he entered St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, Colorado where he received a B.A. degree in Humanities and Philosophy in 1977. He studied Theology at the University of Louvain in Leuven, Belgium from… Read more