BLOB: A Love Story
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- Synopsis
- 'Witty and wild'Harper's Bazaar'This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself'Weike Wang, New York Times'A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See HereA hilarious and moving debut novel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her perfect man...Vi Liu's life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she's stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she's lashing out at her family and co-workers. One night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob. She takes it home, where she feeds it a diet of sugary cereal and reality TV. Slowly, she realises that she can shape the blob into her perfect man: someone attentive, outgoing and with more than a passing resemblance to Ryan Gosling.But is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or a catalyst for further disaster? Sharp, strange and very funny, BLOB is a delightful story about growing up, fucking up and learning how to be a real person.'A rollicking fun, funny, poignant coming of age story, filled with honesty and delight'Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake'Just brilliant -- utterly original, charming and funny, weirdly real and really weird. I can't stop thinking about this book and I'm telling everyone I know to read it'Kate Davies, author of In at the Deep End
- Copyright:
- 2025
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781399731973
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781399731935
- Publisher:
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Date of Addition:
- 01/30/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Maggie Su
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Eunice Wong
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.