{"product_id":"9781529007671","title":"Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor","description":"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 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.   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.   -----------------------------------'Playful, sexy, smart' - Carmen Maria Machado'Evocative and urgent . . . and very funny' - 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":43204599939250,"sku":"9781529007671","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781529007671_37d4af9b-ae12-4c86-ab55-fc6fd98bedfa.jpg?v=1705415817","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529007671","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}