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Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl

byAndrea Lawlor

It'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 flaneur 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. Andrea 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.

Language

en

Published on

22/02/2018

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781529007671

Who is this book for? Readers interested in LGBTQ+ themes, identity exploration, and character-driven narratives.

Topics Intimacy and connectionsQueer activismBildungsromanLgbtq+ communityGay cultureShapeshiftingQueer historyIdentity politicsGender fluiditySpeculative fictionIdentityFriendshipLove
MoodHopeful, Reflective
HumorOccasional Humor
RomanceMajor Subplot
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

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