Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl

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Andrea Lawlor's debut novel offers a speculative history of early 90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation.

'One of the most exciting - and one of the most fun - novels of the decade.' - Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You

It'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.

Paul 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.

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'Playful, sexy, smart' - Carmen Maria Machado
'Evocative and urgent . . . and very funny' - Observer
'"90s punk Orlando". . . a pretty wild ride' - Dazed & Confused
'Sexy, outrageous, completely compulsive' - Daisy Johnson

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Authors:
Lawlor, Andrea
Year Published:
2018
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781529007671
Number of Pages:
320
Place of Publication:
London
Publication Date:
22/02/2018
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
SKU:
9781529007671

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