{"product_id":"fish-tales-a-dazzling-lost-classic-9780349019772b","title":"Fish Tales (A Dazzling Lost Classic)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTHE DAZZLING LOST CLASSIC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025\u003cbr\u003eA Cosmopolitan Best Book for April 2025\u003cbr\u003eA New York Times Book Review Most-Anticipated Book of the Spring\u003cbr\u003eA Time Best Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003eA The Week Best Book of 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcquired by Toni Morrison, championed by Gayl Jones, and almost forgotten for forty years, FISH TALES is a fierce, fearless modern classic for our own fragmented times.\u003c\/span\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\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 \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIn the Cut, Oreo, Luster\u003c\/span\u003e and\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e I'm a Fan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFish Tales\u003c\/span\u003e will certainly dazzle you, and it might even scandalize you, but it never tells a lie' ANGELA FLOURNOY\u003cbr\u003e'A novel of desire, pleasure, drugs and sex . . . We'll all be better for it having been rediscovered' LITERARY HUB\u003cbr\u003e'Nettie Jones's voice is astonishing. It leaps off the page like a panther . . . Unlike anything I've ever read' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cult classic . . . [A] sharp, fast-paced look at the highs and lows of the human heart' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A burst of authentic energy, a rush of life from start to finish' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e'An unsparing portrait of sexual hedonism . . . a meditation on female sexuality and the cost of pursuing freedom without self-preservation' TLS\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Virago Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824208547920,"sku":"9780349019772B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780349019772-l.jpg?v=1785895655","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/fish-tales-a-dazzling-lost-classic-9780349019772b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}