Synopsis
'Intensely moving, vital and artful' - Guardian
'A dizzying ride . . . both timely and beguiling' - Sunday Times
From the award-winning author of Crudo, this is an exhilarating and eminently readable study of the long struggle for bodily freedom – from gay rights and sexual liberation to feminism and the civil rights movement.
Drawing on their own experiences in protest and...
Details
29 April 2021304 pages
9781509857135Imprint: Picador
Reviews
An ambitious, absorbing achievement that will make your brain humEvening Standard
Astonishing . . . I love this bookEsmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected Schizophrenias
Laing’s gift for weaving big ideas together with lyrical prose sets her alongside the likes of Arundhati Roy, John Berger and James Baldwin. In other words, she is among the most significant voices of our timeFinancial Times
Intensely moving, vital and artfulJosh Cohen, Guardian
