{"product_id":"9781035091355","title":"Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor","description":"`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 fl?neur 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.   Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.   `Playful, sexy, smart' - Carmen Maria Machado`Evocative and urgent . . . and very funny' - The Observer`\"90s punk Orlando\". . . a pretty wild ride' - Dazed \u0026amp; Confused`Sexy, outrageous, completely compulsive' - Daisy Johnson\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368480944501,"sku":"9781035091355","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035091355.jpg?v=1763549633","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035091355","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}