{"product_id":"the-marbled-swarm-a-novel-isbn-9780061715631","title":"The Marbled Swarm: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom literary cult hero Dennis Cooper comes his most haunting work to date.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“An American master…. Cooper is the most important transgressive literary artist since Burroughs.” --Salon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final nature is “the marbled swarm” itself, a complex amalgam of language passed down from father to son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper ensnares the reader in a world of appearances, where the trappings of high art, old money, and \u003cem\u003ehaute cuisine\u003c\/em\u003e obscure an unspeakable system of coercion and surrender. And as the narrator stalks an elusive truth, traveling from the French countryside to Paris and back again, the reader will be seduced by a voice only Dennis Cooper could create.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/em\u003e is Dennis Cooper’s most haunting work to date. In secret passageways, hidden rooms, and the troubled mind of our narrator, a mystery perpetually takes shape—and the most compelling clue to its final nature is “the marbled swarm” itself, a complex amalgam of language passed down from father to son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper ensnares the reader in a world of appearances, where the trappings of high art, old money, and \u003cem\u003ehaute cuisine\u003c\/em\u003e obscure an unspeakable system of coercion and surrender. And as the narrator stalks an elusive truth, traveling from the French countryside to Paris and back again, the reader will be seduced by a voice only Dennis Cooper could create.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“This gorgeously warped brain-bender of a novel, set in a sex-befevered France of metropolitan netherways  and shape-shifting rural estates, reimagines the family romance (fathers-and-sons side only) in perfections of language that will startle and seduce you anew on every page.  \u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e is Dennis Cooper’s most genius-haunted achievement.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Lutz, author of Stories in the Worst Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e is a mindbending masterpiece from one of my all-time favorite writers. It is vivid, slippery, ferocious, and rich with secrets. Nobody else could have written this novel and nothing else like it exists.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin Taylor, author of The Gospel of Anarchy and Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Disquieting, humbling, and sadly beautiful in the way only Dennis Cooper can be, \u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e is a mystifying and courageous novel that represents his finest work to date.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick deWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers and Ablutions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This gorgeously warped brain-bender of a novel… reimagines the family romance (fathers-and-sons side only) in perfections of language that will startle and seduce you anew on every page.  \u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e is Dennis Cooper’s most genius-haunted achievement.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Lutz, author of Stories in the Worst Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…deftly executed plot surgery…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNylon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“… lies somewhere in between \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, mixing the gothic terror and disturbing subject of both, within a contemporary bi-sexual, skinny jeaned, iPhone-totting environment, and a much further push of the envelope. … a novel that must be read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coffin Factory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Provocative...Cooper’s interest in the darkest corners of the human experience...has not dimmed with age. The novel’s contradictory narratives intentionally echo the secret passageways in which the narrator’s predatory activities take place, creating a baroque, voyeuristic effect. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A mesmerizing, labyrinthine tour through an especially hellish father-son relationship.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most personal, and honest [of Cooper’s] daring, perplexing books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookForum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e cumulates mystery, desire, and connections as it appears to shed mystery, desire, and connections; magic. Or sleight of hand....This book is great art.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHTMLGIANT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Readers unfamiliar with transgressive fiction would do well to brace themselves for what will either be the shock of the unrelentingly different or, perhaps, the shock of recognizing writing that speaks to their souls.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“… language every bit as thrilling, rapt, and brain-waking as we could want from one of our living legends…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFanzine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e, Cooper has coupled a clever intellectual romp with stomach-turning brutality and quite a bit of humor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is a brutal honesty to this novel, a brutal wisdom.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble's \"Unabashedly Bookish\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cooper’s status as an underground renegade of experimental fiction doesn’t reduce his talent or the brilliance of his dark views. He is a passionately humane writer. We need his voice now more than ever.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned as much with language as it is with relationships and power….His fantastical story of everyday cannibalism is told in such finely chiseled yet disorienting prose that you suspect you’re being led into a maze.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOUT Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Patient and careful readers will be rewarded for their diligent attention to the text with a controversial, dazzling and intelligent work of literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887886594277,"sku":"NP9780061715631","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061715631.jpg?v=1730227665","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-marbled-swarm-a-novel-isbn-9780061715631","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}