{"product_id":"paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-by-andrea-lawlor-9781035091355","title":"Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"One of the most exciting - and one of the most fun - novels of the decade\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Garth Greenwell, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt'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 flâneur 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eAndrea Lawlor's debut novel offers a speculative history of early '90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation. \u003cem\u003ePaul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl\u003c\/em\u003e 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\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Playful, sexy, smart\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Carmen Maria Machado\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Evocative and urgent . . . and very funny\"\u003c\/em\u003e - The Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\"90s punk Orlando\". . . a pretty wild ride'\u003c\/em\u003e - Dazed \u0026amp; Confused\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Sexy, outrageous, completely compulsive\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Daisy Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666788761836,"sku":"9781035091355","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035091355-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl.jpg?v=1779782710","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl-by-andrea-lawlor-9781035091355","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}