{"product_id":"9781035091355","title":"Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Andrea Lawlor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 April 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 | 242g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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 flâneur 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56976888365431,"sku":"9781035091355","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781035091355.jpg?v=1775290653","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781035091355","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}