The Sluts
Dennis Cooper
Cooper deserves reassessment . . . this compelling page-turner ought to remind adventurous readers that important transgressive literature needn't be something only the French and the occasional perverted American can get behind. -- LA Weekly Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators, The Sluts chronicles the evolution of one young escort's date with a satisfied client into a metafiction of pornography, lies, half-truths, and myth. Explicit, shocking, comical, and displaying the author's signature flair for blending structural complexity with direct, stylish, accessible language, The Sluts is Cooper's most transgressive novel since Frisk, and one of his most innovative works of fiction to date.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Dennis CooperPublisher: Da Capo PressPublished: 10/19/2005ISBN: 9780786716746Pages: 304Weight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.83dAward: Lambda Literary Awards - WinnerReview Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/26/2005 pg. 63
Book Title
The Sluts
ISBN
9780786716746
Cooper deserves reassessment . . . this compelling page-turner ought to remind adventurous readers that important transgressive literature needn't be something only the French and the occasional perverted American can get behind. -- LA Weekly Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators, The Sluts chronicles the evolution of one young escort's date with a satisfied client into a metafiction of pornography, lies, half-truths, and myth. Explicit, shocking, comical, and displaying the author's signature flair for blending structural complexity with direct, stylish, accessible language, The Sluts is Cooper's most transgressive novel since Frisk, and one of his most innovative works of fiction to date.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dennis Cooper
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 10/19/2005
ISBN: 9780786716746
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.83d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Winner
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/26/2005 pg. 63
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dennis Cooper
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 10/19/2005
ISBN: 9780786716746
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.83d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Winner
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/26/2005 pg. 63
Cooper deserves reassessment . . . this compelling page-turner ought to remind adventurous readers that important transgressive literature needn't be something only the French and the occasional perverted American can get behind. -- LA Weekly Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators, The Sluts chronicles the evolution of one young escort's date with a satisfied client into a metafiction of pornography, lies, half-truths, and myth. Explicit, shocking, comical, and displaying the author's signature flair for blending structural complexity with direct, stylish, accessible language, The Sluts is Cooper's most transgressive novel since Frisk, and one of his most innovative works of fiction to date.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dennis Cooper
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 10/19/2005
ISBN: 9780786716746
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.83d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Winner
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/26/2005 pg. 63
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dennis Cooper
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 10/19/2005
ISBN: 9780786716746
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.83d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Winner
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/26/2005 pg. 63
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