Lovers XXX: 'Impossible to put down!' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs
Allie Rowbottom
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'Impossible to put down' Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs'Smart, sad, sexy' Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do To Be Me
'Pulsing and propulsive' Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters'Tackles the sticky subjects of female sexuality, objectification and desire with a smoothness that appears effortless' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters
Los Angeles, 1982: best friends Jude and Winnie are eighteen and working at a strip club. Soon they progress to modelling for Penthouse and Hustler, then to shooting hardcore porn. Dazzled by the drugs, sex and parties their new life offers, they are also beset by sexism, bitter competition and the precarity of life on the margins. When their friendship ends in recrimination and a dramatic act of betrayal, Jude goes missing and Winnie can find no trace of her.
Thirty years later, newly divorced and down on her luck, Winnie is ready to face her past. Determined to solve the mystery of what happened to Jude, she sets out to brave the dark underbelly of the adult industry. What follows is a gutsy, propulsive look at sex and power that builds to an unforgettable revelation about love.
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Praise for Lovers XXX
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Lovers XXX tackles the sticky subjects of female sexuality, objectification and desire with a smoothness that appears effortless. Allie Rowbottom's writing has a rare combination of deep compassion, prescient insight, and just plain coolness that I'm in awe of - Coco Mellors, author of Blue SistersPersona set in the 80s porn world-thrillingly literary; thrillingly sleazySmart, sad, sexy ... transforms the women at its centre from mere naked flesh into something more like real flesh and blood. Beneath all that silicone and slickness, Rowbottom locates a warm, beating heart - Philippa Snow, author of It's Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be MeYou're thrown right into Lovers XXX and it doesn't stop. Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness. She turns stick-ups, strip clubs and motel rooms into a fever dream that makes ruin look romantic. Impossible to put down!Praise for Aesthetica: - -Propulsive, poetic, and addictive as hell ... Allie Rowbottom writes like a wizard and I kept asking myself, how is she doing it?Nobody investigates the relationship between surface and self like Allie Rowbottom. Full of biting observations and stunningly beautiful proseA gothic twist on the contemporary woman's life. Immersive, wicked, and so much fun
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