{"product_id":"fish-tales","title":"Fish Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DAZZLING LOST CLASSIC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcquired by Toni Morrison, championed by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayl Jones, and almost forgotten for forty years, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFISH TALES is a fierce, fearless modern classic for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eour own fragmented times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Candid, fast and alive'' RAVEN LEILANI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Fast, fearless, so full of life it practically vibrates in your hands'' JUSTIN TORRES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wondrous and outrageous, real and incandescent and alive'' BRYAN WASHINGTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003ci\u003eFish Tales \u003c\/i\u003ewill certainly dazzle you, and it might even scandalize you, but it never tells a lie'' ANGELA FLOURNOY''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel of desire, pleasure, drugs and sex . . . We''ll all be better for it having been rediscovered'' \u003ci\u003eLITERARY HUB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLewis Jones is a party girl on the edge. Bankrolled by her husband Woody and accompanied by her fellow hedonist Kitty Kat, a hustler who knows all the best spots, Lewis bounces between the demimonde of 70s New York and affluent Black Detroit in a fractured haze of lovers, cocaine parties and champagne baths. But her wild pursuit of freedom is upended when she meets the handsome, erudite, cruel Brook - the only man who won''t allow her to take control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA kaleidoscopic swirl of sex and exploitation, selfhood and self-destruction, this lost classic is an unnervingly contemporary depiction of the collision between identity, freedom and female desire - perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eIn the Cut, Oreo, Luster\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI''m a Fan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57398096003454,"sku":"NW9780349019796","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349019796.jpg?v=1778670130","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/fish-tales","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}