{"product_id":"9781551527291","title":"Sketchtasy","description":"Author: Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781551527291\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Alexa: a resilient twenty-one-year-old queen who lives without rules or apologies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSketchtasy \u003c\/i\u003etakes placein that late-night moment when everything comes together, and everything fallsapart: it's an urgent, glittering, devastating novel about the perils of queerworld-making in the mid-'90s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp; Thisis Boston in 1995, a city defined by a rabid fear of difference. Alexa, anincisive twenty-one-year-old queen, faces everyday brutality with determinednonchalance. Rejecting middle-class pretensions, she negotiates past andpresent traumas with a scathing critique of the world. Drawn to the ecstasy ofdrugged-out escapades, Alexa searches for nourishment in a gay culture bondedby clubs and conformity, willful apathy, and the spectre of AIDS. Is there anyhope for communal care?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp; \u003ci\u003eSketchtasy\u003c\/i\u003e brings 1990s gay culturestartlingly back to life, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact ofgrowing up at a time when desire and death are intertwined. With anintoxicating voice and unruly cadence, this is a shattering, incandescent novelthat conjures the pain and pageantry of struggling to imagine a future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830034485406,"sku":"ADS-9781551527291","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781551527291.jpg?v=1778558573","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781551527291","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}