{"product_id":"9781529007671","title":"Paul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl","description":"Author: Andrea Lawlor\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529007671\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Feb 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’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 dyke 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. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Andrea Lawlor’s debut novel offers a speculative history of early 90s identity politics during the heyday of ACT UP and Queer Nation. \u003ci\u003ePaul Takes the Form of A Mortal Girl\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46665442295966,"sku":"TLD-9781529007671","price":21.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529007671.jpg?v=1775102856","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529007671","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}