{"product_id":"fish-tales-1","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*A \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book for April 2025*\u003cbr\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eMost-Anticipated Book of the Spring*\u003cbr\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Month*\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eFish Tales \u003c\/i\u003ewill \u003cb\u003ecertainly dazzle you\u003c\/b\u003e, and it might even scandalize you, but it never tells a lie'' \u003cb\u003eANGELA FLOURNOY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A novel of desire, pleasure, drugs and sex . . . \u003cb\u003eWe''ll all be better for it having been rediscovered\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLITERARY HUB\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eNettie Jones''s voice is astonishing. It leaps off the page like a panther\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Unlike anything I''ve ever read'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA cult classic .\u003c\/b\u003e . . [A] sharp, fast-paced look at the highs and lows of the human heart'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eAn unsparing portrait of sexual hedonism . . . \u003cb\u003ea meditation on female sexuality and the cost of pursuing freedom\u003c\/b\u003e without self-preservation'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57194708599166,"sku":"NW9780349019772","price":14.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349019772.jpg?v=1778549338","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/fish-tales-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}