{"product_id":"boy-parts-a-novel-isbn-9780063328921","title":"Boy Parts: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young British Novelists 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn incendiary debut novel from a brash new talent—a pitch-black comedy, both shocking and hilarious, which fearlessly explores sexuality and gender roles in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e “Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp, \u003ci\u003eBoy Parts\u003c\/i\u003e is a whirlwind exploration of gender, class, and power.”—Jessica Andrews, author of \u003ci\u003eSaltwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExiled from the art world and on sabbatical from her dead-end bar job, Irina, the novel's sharp and unreliable narrator, obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for her, scouted from the streets of Newcastle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her talent has not gone unnoticed, and Irina is invited to display her work at a fashionable London gallery. It is a chance to revive her career and escape from the rut of drugs, alcohol, and extreme cinema she’s fallen into. Yet the news instead triggers a self-destructive tailspin of obsession, centered around Irina’s consuming relationship with her best friend, and a shy young man from her local supermarket who has attracted her attention. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Eliza Clark is unflinching in this witty and shocking excavation of female rage and desire, and is sure to gain a cultish following. It is unlike anything I’ve read before, and it left me utterly invigorated and repulsed.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth MacNeal, author of The Doll Factory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boundaries are for breaking and if anyone can crash through and reinterpret the fear of our time, Eliza Clark can.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMsLexia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Even at its most transgressive, it all feels effortless. Dark, funny, bold, it’s an exceptional debut.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skinny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An impressive, fiercely current debut . . . delightful and addictive.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ei News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Clark's] writing embraces the socially unacceptable, and wryly explores themes of gender, power and violence.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranta Best of Young British Novelists 2023\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A mischievous satire narrated by a predatory photographer whose images of her male victims are hailed at a hip London gallery as edgy roleplay.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eIt’s delightfully and deviously rooted in the now with its delectable internet and culture references and evocative and real-feeling portrait of women.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDazed Digital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A funny and intensely readable spiral staircase down into the mind of a woman who wears a waist trainer under her clothes and who may or may not be a keen purveyor of ultra-violence.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Explores the darkest corners of artistic practice, sexuality and violence with bold wit and fearlessness. A dazzling, horrifying debut.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp, \u003cem\u003eBoy Parts\u003c\/em\u003e is a whirlwind exploration of gender, class and power. In funny, acerbic prose, Clark shows us how it feels to inhabit a body that moves through a world full of eyes. She illuminates the cracks that begin to appear when the subject turns voyeur and the violence inherent in the shatter.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica Andrews, author of Saltwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBoy Parts \u003c\/em\u003eis a carnival funhouse ride–terrifying, feverish, hilarious. Clark has created a wholly original monster and a sickeningly compulsive novel. I absolutely inhaled this book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Armfield, author of Salt Slow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smart, stylish and very funny, \u003cem\u003eBoy Parts\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping and unflinching exploration of female desire, narcissism, sexuality and rage. You won't want to put it down.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLara Williams, author of Supper Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Will make most readers howl with laughter and\/or shut their eyes in horror.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The main protagonist will prove to be one of the most alluring, infuriating, and complex characters in modern British literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiall Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890454229221,"sku":"NP9780063328921","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063328921.jpg?v=1730233316","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/boy-parts-a-novel-isbn-9780063328921","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}