{"product_id":"9780857309037","title":"The Book of X","description":"Author: Sarah Rose Etter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857309037\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Crime \u0026amp; Mystery Club\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of X\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwining the drama of the everyday  school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents  with the surreal  rivers of thighs, men for sale, and fields of throats  Cassie\u0026amp;#x27;s realities alternate to create a blurred, fantastic world of haunting beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;I loved every page of this gorgeous, grotesque, heartbreaking novel.\u0026amp;#x27;  Carmen Maria Machado, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e traverses the mundane and the surreal  from grocery lists to blooming meat, menstrual blood to a jealousy removal shop  laying bare the absurdities of womanhood. A truly original writer, Etter continues to push the boundaries of her imagination...and ours.\u0026amp;#x27;  Melissa Broder, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Valley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Utterly unique and remarkable...Sarah Rose Etter takes the surreal and expertly shapes it into a portrait that is as beautiful and compelling as it is horrifying and unbearable...Etter brilliantly, viciously lays bare what it means to be a woman in the world, what it means to hurt, to need, to want, so much it consumes everything.\u0026amp;#x27;  Roxane Gay, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Insightful and incisive, this book cuts deep into the failing heart of the feminine mystique.\u0026amp;#x27;  Amelia Gray, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsadora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Sarah Rose Etter is a visionary. Perfectly paced, structurally audacious, and endlessly inventive,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is our new Revelation.\u0026amp;#x27;  Scott McCLanahan, author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Sarah Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814084563102,"sku":"ADS-9780857309037","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857309037.jpg?v=1778334535","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857309037","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}