{"product_id":"9780857308658","title":"Isaac","description":"Author: Curtis Garner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857308658\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Crime \u0026amp; Mystery Club\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter inexperienced seventeen-year-old Isaac loses his virginity through a dating app  a disappointing yet addictive experience  he spends his final months before university escaping into a dizzying new world of casual sex with forgettable men. This all changes when he meets twenty-eight-year-old Harrison at a party.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsaac is immediately infatuated by the handsome, charismatic artist, but while they grow closer, his sense of self becomes increasingly hazy. Harrison\u0026amp;#x27;s demands shift constantly, and after Isaac tries everything to prove his worthiness, he must take a hard look at his ideas about love, sex and men, and his relationship with himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;So vivid and real, it brought a thousand memories rushing back\u0026amp;#x27; - Russell T Davies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Truly impressive: funny, melancholic and acutely real. Isaac takes me back to my own adolescence in London, to being on the precipice of adult life... bracing and uncensorious\u0026amp;#x27; - James Cahill, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTiepolo Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Carefully written, sexually candid but full of warmth and longing, Isaac is deeply satisfying in its elegance and tenderness\u0026amp;#x27; - Niamh Campbell, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Happy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;A luminous and beautiful debut about coming-of-age in London today. An instant queer classic\u0026amp;#x27; - Jon Ransom, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gallopers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Garner writes like a queer, twenty-first century Richard Yates: honest, uncompromising, fearless, and completely engrossing\u0026amp;#x27; - Alex Pheby, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaythings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814084137118,"sku":"ADS-9780857308658","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857308658.jpg?v=1778334515","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857308658","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}