{"product_id":"9781783789290","title":"Biography of X by Lacey, Catherine","description":"Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003eOf specific Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian interest\u003cbr\u003e9781783789290\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant, astonishing' Chris Kraus'Sly, brilliant, philosophically acute, bitingly funny, and a pure joy to spend hours with' Lauren GroffWhen X - the iconoclastic artist, musician and writer - dies suddenly, CM, her widow, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. The story will lead her deep into the Southern Territory - a fascist theocracy that split from the rest of the USA after World War II - before revealing the full weight of X's secrets, and the depth of her betrayal.   'A thriller set against a backdrop of political intrigue, an elegy, an art world satire and a thought experiment too... One of the most interesting books you'll read this year...' Financial Times'A profound novel about love and what it can license, about the toll - and maybe the con - of genius' Garth Greenwell'Sprawling and ambitious... Strange and dystopian... This is a major novel' New York Times\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The Book Elephant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50733208502605,"sku":"9781783789290","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/0808\/6605\/files\/9781783789290.jpg?v=1734624352","url":"https:\/\/thebookelephant.co.uk\/products\/9781783789290","provider":"The Book Elephant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}