Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl (Paperback)

'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 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.

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

General

Imprint:	Picador
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2020
Authors:	Andrea Lawlor
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-5290-0767-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-5290-0767-4
Barcode:	9781529007671

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