Author Photo: Andrew Boryga(David Gonzalez)

Andrew Boryga has described his debut novel, "Victim," succinctly: Javi, a Bronx kid, pimps out his identity to achieve his dream of being a successful writer, but loses himself in the process.

Javi is an unreliable narrator who pulls us into the world of diversity, politics, and buzzwords. A world where we're never sure what is true and what is a lie. And the author seems to be asking, is this fiction that different from the real world?

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