Barbara the Slut and Other People
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Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes
`Astonishing one of those rare books that manages to be both poignant and hilarious. The last time we had a debut this big was Junot Diaz with `Drown. Holmes is a major talent. Philipp Meyer A fresh, honest, and darkly funny debut collection about family, friends, and lovers, and the flaws that make us most human.`Feisty artifice-free portraits of modern life’ Independent
`A fresh and darkly funny debut … Holmes has an enviable lightness of touch combined with a bracing honesty … Sassy and savvy’ Tatler
`Fans of Lena Dunham and Sloane Crossley will find much to love in this darkly funny collection about family and friends, all wrapped up in a hefty dose of millennial angstWith her scalpel-sharp worldview and dry turn of phrase, Holmes is one to watch’ Irish Independent
`Introduces a series of brilliant / bonkers narrators. Girls fans, in particular, will enjoy her riffs on modern love and friendships’ Glamour
`A book I couldn’t put down. An outstanding debut, refreshing and exciting, complex and really funny’ Nathan Englander
`A wonderful debut from a profound and sassy new voice. These seemingly effortless stories are uncommonly perceptive, deeply felt, and at the same time exceedingly funny’ Colum McCann
`Barbara the Slut turns our obsession with sex on its head in order to study it, dissect it, weaponize it … Empowering, rare, and well, pretty sexy’ Esquire
Ten precocious stories limn the deep humor, table-turning dualities, and inevitable bouts of screwed-upness that accompany getting through one’s twenties and beyond’
Elle
`Simultaneously hilarious and deeply insightful’ Buzzfeed
`A comic writer of the highest standard. The stories in Barbara the Slut are far too good to keep to yourself – you will want to share them with someone immediately so you can talk about how brilliant and funny they are’ Katherine Heiny
`Holmes’ characters read like everyday people we’ve loved, hated, crossed the street to avoid and learned from, all described in her no doubt soon-to-be-recognized signature style’ Ms
`The people limned here are people we know. They may even be the people we are. A first-rate first collection from a young writer you'll want to hear more from’ Kirkus Reviews (starred)
Lauren Holmes grew up in upstate New York. She received a BA from Wellesley College and an MFA from Hunter College, where she was a Hertog Fellow and a teaching fellow. Her work has appeared in Granta, where she was a 2014 New Voice, and in Guernica. Holmes lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780008123031 |
| ISBN 10 | 0008123039 |
| Title | Barbara the Slut and Other People |
| Author | Lauren Holmes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2015-08-13 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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