{"product_id":"paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl","title":"Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In these irreverent pages, a shapeshifter gets a crash course in gender and sexuality by inhabiting both sides of the binary and arriving precisely somewhere in the middle.\" \u003ci\u003e--O, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"HOT\" (Maggie Nelson) - \"TIGHT\" (Eileen Myles) - \"DEEP\" (Michelle Tea)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Fiction Book of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 flaneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Paul transforms his body and his gender at will as he crossed the country--a journey and adventure through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a riotous, razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero\/ine wends his\/her way through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and opening into an array of intimacy and connections.","brand":"Andrea Lawlor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52025382273325,"sku":"BS-8XD-566182","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780525566182-HD.jpg?v=1777303433","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}