{"product_id":"fish-tales-by-nettie-jones-9780349019772","title":"Fish Tales","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTHE DAZZLING LOST CLASSIC\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eA Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book for April 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Most-Anticipated Book of the Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Month\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eA \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcquired by Toni Morrison, championed by Gayl Jones, and almost forgotten for forty years, \u003ci\u003eFish Tales\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce, fearless modern classic for our own fragmented times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Candid, fast and alive' - RAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Fast, fearless, so full of life it practically vibrates in your hands' - JUSTIN TORRES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Wondrous and outrageous, real and incandescent and alive' - BRYAN WASHINGTON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLewis Jones is a party girl on the edge. Bankrolled by her husband Woody and accompanied by her fellow hedonist Kitty Kat, a hustler who knows all the best spots, Lewis bounces between the demimonde of 70s New York and affluent Black Detroit in a fractured haze of lovers, cocaine parties, and champagne baths. But her wild pursuit of freedom is upended when she meets the handsome, erudite, cruel Brook - the only man who won't allow her to take control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA kaleidoscopic swirl of sex and exploitation, selfhood and self-destruction, this lost classic is an unnervingly contemporary depiction of the collision between identity, freedom and female desire - perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eIn the Cut, Oreo, Luster\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI'm a Fan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFish Tales\u003c\/i\u003e will \u003cstrong\u003ecertainly dazzle you\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it might even scandalize you, but it never tells a lie - \u003cstrong\u003eANGELA FLOURNOY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA novel of desire, pleasure, drugs and sex . . . \u003cstrong\u003eWe'll all be better for it having been rediscovered\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLITERARY HUB\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNettie Jones's voice is astonishing. It leaps off the page like a panther\u003c\/strong\u003e . . . Unlike anything I've ever read - \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cult classic .\u003c\/strong\u003e . . [A] sharp, fast-paced look at the highs and lows of the human heart - \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cstrong\u003eburst of authentic energy, a rush of life from start to finish\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn unsparing portrait of sexual hedonism . . . \u003cstrong\u003ea meditation on female sexuality and the cost of pursuing freedom\u003c\/strong\u003e without self-preservation - \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTLS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362580513004,"sku":"9780349019772","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6651243482312.jpg?v=1772894374","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fish-tales-by-nettie-jones-9780349019772","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}