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The Sluts by Dennis Cooper

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The Sluts

Dennis Cooper

Grand Central Publishing · Print & ebook · October 19, 2005

Reading lane: LGBTQ+ Fiction

A Horror pick for readers exploring The Sluts.

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Why This Clicks

Why It Clicks

A dark, charged read with enough friction to keep discussion lively.

Come here for

  • horror-tinged erotic comics
  • conversation-starter unease

Expect

  • sustained narrative momentum
  • a boundary-pushing mix of erotic and horror signals

Book Details

Authors
Dennis Cooper
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Published
October 19, 2005
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
LGBTQ+ Fiction
Reading lane
LGBTQ+ Fiction

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Publisher Categories

  • LGBTQ+ Fiction

About This Book

"Cooper deserves reassessment . . . this compelling page-turner ought to remind adventurous readers that important transgressive literature needn't be something only the French and the occasional perverted American can get behind." -- LA Weekly Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators, The Sluts chronicles the evolution of one youn...

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"Cooper deserves reassessment . . . this compelling page-turner ought to remind adventurous readers that important transgressive literature needn't be something only the French and the occasional perverted American can get behind." -- LA Weekly Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators, The Sluts chronicles the evolution of one young escort's date with a satisfied client into a metafiction of pornography, lies, half-truths, and myth. Explicit, shocking, comical, and displaying the author's signature flair for blending structural complexity with direct, stylish, accessible language, The Sluts is Cooper's most transgressive novel since Frisk, and one of his most innovative works of fiction to date.

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