The First Bad Man

A Guardian literary highlight A Huffington Post ''One to Watch'' ''Astounding'' LENA DUNHAM , creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl ''The First Bad Man brings together all of July''s talents - it''s a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased - in duplicate - one for you, one for a friend. Don''t think you can loan this book - you''ll never get it back'' A. M. HOMES , author of This Book Will Save Your Life and May We Be Forgiven The first novel by the filmmaker, artist and bestselling author Miranda July confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling and unforgettable.

About the author

Miranda July is a writer, filmmaker and artist. Her debut novel, The First Bad Man, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and her collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Her writing has appeared in the Paris Review, Harper's and the New Yorker. July lives in Los Angeles.

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Perpetually surprising and subversive: first, funny, then strange and, finally, emotionally devastating Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Miranda July
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.05.2024
• EAN: 9781838852740
• ISBN: 978-1-83885-274-0
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary