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The first bad man a novel

"Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women'...

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Main Author: July, Miranda, 1974-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2015.
Subjects:
Middle-aged women > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Summary: "Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women's self-defense nonprofit where she works. She believes they've been making love for many lifetimes, though they have yet to consummate in this one. When Cheryl's bosses ask if their twenty-one-year-old daughter, Clee, can move into her house for a little while, Cheryl's eccentrically ordered world explodes. And yet it is Clee--the selfish, cruel blond bombshell--who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, provides her the love of a lifetime. Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, infused with raging sexual obsession and fierce maternal love, Miranda July's first novel confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling, disorienting, and unforgettable"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description: 276 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781439172568 (hardback)
1439172560 (hardback)
9781439172575 (paperback)
1439172579 (paperback)
Author Notes: Miranda July is a filmmaker and writer. She wrote, directed, and starred in The Future. Her film, Me and You and Everyone We Know, received a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Caméra d'Or at Cannes. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and Harper's. No One Belongs Here More Than You won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Her debut novel, The First Bad Man, was published in 2015 and made The New Zealand Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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