The First Bad Man The First Bad Man

The First Bad Man

A Novel

    • 4.0 • 165 Ratings
    • $13.99

Publisher Description

The New York Times Bestseller


The “brilliant, hilarious, irreverent, piercing” (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut novel from Miranda July, acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and author of All Fours, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction.


Cheryl Glickman believes in romances that span centuries and a soul that migrates between babies. She works at a women’s self-defense nonprofit and lives alone. When her bosses ask if their twenty-year-old daughter, Clee, can move into her house for a while, Cheryl’s eccentrically ordered world explodes. And yet it is Clee—the selfish, cruel blond bombshell—who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, leads her to the love of a lifetime.


Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, infused with raging sexual fantasies and fierce maternal love, Miranda July’s first novel confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2015
January 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Scribner
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
2.5
MB

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Buffy Skywalker ,

You'll want to keep reading and you won't know why.

It's the painful honesty of all the ways women lie to themselves, are socially influenced and silenced, and are forced to retreat internally that will keep you reading. [the wallpaper] some patterns were by accident and some things were conscious choices, and it's all just as ugly-painful as the human experience. There are some beautiful parts if you can squint hard enough to see past all of the poor design choices and make them out. This book is special and it is a "good book" and I think you won't regret reading it, but you won't know what to make of it either.

seymourwhiskey ,

So weird but so so good

This is a WEIRD read in the best way. I really didn’t know what to expect but really couldn’t put it down. It’s a little “off” in a way that’s super engaging and different and new. I loved it!

Srobinia ,

Waste of time and money

Don't waste your money or more importantly your time on this book!! Worst thing I have read in a long time!!!

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