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A punky, raw novel of millenial disaffection, trauma and 1960s cinema.
Margot is the child of renowned musicians and the product of a particularly punky upbringing. Burnt-out from the burden of expectation and the bad end of the worst relationship yet, she leaves New York and heads to to the Pacific Northwest. She’s seeking to escape both the eyes of the world and the echoing voice of that last bad man. But a chance encounter with a dubious doctor in a graveyard, and the discovery of a dozen old film reels, opens the door to a study of both the peculiarities of her body and the absurdities of her famous family.
A literary take on cinema du corps, Stephanie LaCava’s novel is an audaciously sexy and moving exploration of culture and connections, bodies and breakdowns.
About the Author
Stephanie LaCava is a journalist and writer working in New York City and Paris. She began her career at Vogue, in fashion and later in features, where she assisted the European Editor-at-Large of the magazine. Her writing has appeared in print and online publications such as Vogue, The Paris Review, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Interview, and Garage. She also works in translation, in particular French to English for style writing. LaCava is an active supporter of PEN American Center and its initiatives, as well as the Editor-at-Large at The American Reader. She made her literary debut this December with An Extraordinary Theory of Objects (HarperCollins) . LaCava posts daily on her website, stephanielacava. com, a phantom cabinet of curiosities and related ephemera.
