{"product_id":"stag-dance-a-novel-stories","title":"Stag Dance: A Novel \u0026 Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.\"--Miranda July, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll Fours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE - LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE - ONE OF \u003ci\u003eVULTURE'S \u003c\/i\u003eTEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Elle, Electric Lit, them, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters's keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStag Dance, \u003c\/i\u003e the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree startling stories surround \u003ci\u003eStag Dance\u003c\/i\u003e \"Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones\" imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In \"The Chaser,\" a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, \"The Masker,\" a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, \u003ci\u003eStag Dance\u003c\/i\u003e provokes, unsettles, and delights.","brand":"Torrey Peters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52041560260909,"sku":"BS-8XD-595640","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780593595640-HD.jpg?v=1777995400","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/stag-dance-a-novel-stories","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}