Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Middlesex
Cover of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Author(s) Jeffrey Eugenides
Published September 4th, 2002
Genre(s) Historical Fiction
Age group Adult


Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is an adult historical fiction novel, originally published on September 4, 2002.

Trigger Warnings

  • Antisemitism
  • Classism
  • Child murder
  • Dementia
  • Discussions of medically altering an intersex person’s genitalia
  • Drowning
  • Drug Use
  • Fire
  • Gambling addiction
  • Hate crimes
  • Homophobia
  • Incest
  • Massacre
  • Masturbation
  • Murder
  • Mutilation
  • N-word used
  • Non-consensual touching/groping
  • Pedophilia
  • Physical assault
  • Prostitution/Sex work
  • R-word used
  • Racism
  • Rape (in the chapter titled Flesh and Blood) and aftermath (in chapter titled The Gun on the Wall)
  • Riots/Revolution
  • Sexual content (including between minors)
  • Slurs for lesbians used
  • War

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Intersex Greek American male-identifying straight main character

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