The Sluts
Grand Central Publishing · Print & ebook · October 19, 2005
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- Who it’s for
- A dark, charged read with enough friction to keep discussion lively.
- Genres
- Gay Fiction, Erotica, Psychological Fiction
- Published
- Grand Central Publishing, October 19, 2005
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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.
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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.
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
Where it sits
| Erotica | 82% |
|---|---|
| Gay Fiction | 78% |
| Psychological Fiction | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- LGBTQ+ Fiction
- Authors
- Dennis Cooper
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Published
- October 19, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- LGBTQ+ Fiction