{"product_id":"9781529007671","title":"Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Lawlor, Andrea\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 20 February 2020 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 196 x 23 | 252g\u003cp\u003eAndrea Lawlor's debut novel offers a speculative history of early 90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most exciting - and one of the most fun - novels of the decade.' - Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to YouIt's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a lesbian best friend, makes zines, and is a flaneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Women's Studies major to trade, Paul transforms his body at will in a series of adventures that take him from Iowa City to Boystown to Provincetown and finally to San Francisco - a journey through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl is a riotous, razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero\/ine wends his way through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and opening into an array of intimacy and connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------'Playful, sexy, smart' - Carmen Maria Machado'Evocative and urgent . . . and very funny' - Observer''90s punk Orlando'. . . a pretty wild ride' - Dazed \u0026amp; Confused'Sexy, outrageous, completely compulsive' - Daisy Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lawlor, Andrea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465737507000,"sku":"9781529007671","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781529007671.jpg?v=1734707471","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781529007671","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}