Middlesex (novel)

Middlesex (ISBN 0374199698) is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was published in 2002 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003.

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Novel - Jeffrey Eugenides - 2002 - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - 2003

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The narrator and protagonist, Cal (born Calliope), is an intersexed person of Greek descent. Specifically, he has 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. The bulk of the novel is devoted to telling his coming-of-age story growing up in Detroit, Michigan in the late 20th century.

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Narrator - Protagonist - Calliope - Intersexed - Greek - 5-alpha-reductase deficiency - Coming-of-age story - Detroit, Michigan - 20th century

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