{"product_id":"9780008670399","title":"Soft Core","description":"Author: Brittany Newell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008670399\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Highly seductive … and fun as hell!’ TONY TULATHIMUTTE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A noirish thriller, a sex-work satire, a romance’ \u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Drew me in like a whirlpool’ NICOLA DINAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘For the generation whose life is an endless stream of dead-end Hinge dates’ \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES STYLE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hottest book of 2025 in \u003cem\u003eSunday Times Style\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDazed, AnOther \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eStylist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaby spends her days with her sweet, cross-dressing, drug-dealing ex-boyfriend, Dino, and every night dancing at Paradise Lost, a strip club where she transforms into whatever, or whoever, her clients want her to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dino disappears suddenly, Baby plunges headfirst into San Francisco’s shady erotic underground of dive bars and sex dungeons to find him. In this mirror world, she encounters a surreal cast of characters: Simon, a recluse who pays her for increasingly bizarre favours; a suicide fetishist named Nobody; and Emeline, Paradise’s balletic new hire who seems to want to steal Baby’s whole identity, starting with her underwear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her grip on reality loosening, and the clock ticking, will Baby manage to find the only man she’s ever loved? Or might her past catch up with her first?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Vivid … Exhilarating … \u003cem\u003eSoft Core\u003c\/em\u003e is pacey and rich, full of verve, drama and detail’ \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A hugely enjoyable exploration of all the strange things people desire’ \u003cem\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Incredible … the best book I’ve read this year – romantic, dangerous and sexy. It made me cry’ \u003cem\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A profound look at sex work and lives unusually lived’ \u003cem\u003eDAZED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46665230811294,"sku":"HPC-9780008670399","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008670399.jpg?v=1775101411","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008670399","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}