A young woman follows her exhibitionist streak to uncharted new territory in this bold and unflinchingly sexy novel, engaging in a three-way sexual relationship that teaches her more than she could have imagined about her own desire. * VOGUE *
Both insanely erotic and intellectually challenging, one of those books we never wanted to end. * COSMOPOLITAN *
This one had me hooked from the first sentence....it's heady, exhilarating, and will change the way you look at the world. The perfect read for fans of Raven Leilani and Ottessa Moshfegh, this is a book that will have people talking. * BuzzFeed *
I was completely absorbed by this radical, daring and bracing novel about a so-cold and yet so-intimate world where safety and pleasure can only be found in the most unlikely and unpredictable of places. It is a book of exciting, provocative complexity, and, for me, it made the human creature feel like something new. * Sheila Heti, author of Motherhood and Pure Colour *
Acts of Service doesn't kiss you first; it gets right to it-depicting the liquid frequencies of need and power with a thoughtful, savage eye. * Raven Leilani, author of Luster *
Reading 'Acts of Service' I felt the uncanny sensation of being in the presence of its narrator, observing me as I tore through its pages. Fishman's Eve, heir to Eve Babitz, makes us complicit in her interrogation of desire with an erotic, cerebral, subversive and tormenting tale, a reckoning formed in the cracks between certainties, like the cooling magma that rises between tectonic plates; between voyeurism and complicity, intimacy and alienation, the body and the mind. * Olivia Sudjic, author of Sympathy and Asylum Road *
Seamlessly written, sedate and subtle and so pleasurable, and quite enrapturing on a psychological level. This book opens space for a new kind of precision and intelligence that gives the amoral opulence of desire its rightful place. * Niamh Campbell, author of This Happy and We Were Young *
A book of exquisite moral refinement and almost intimidating elegance. * Edmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story and States of Desire *
Lillian Fishman is not just a brilliant writer-she's a brilliant feeler, a great thinker. She has the gift we open books for. * David Lipsky, author of The Art Fair *
With deep eroticism and stunning prose, Lillian Fishman explores sex and the self with delicious seriousness and sensuality. I didn't want it to end. * Saskia Vogel, author of Permission *
I cannot recall the last time I felt this exhilarated and transformed by a novel. Acts of Service electrified both my mind and body. How can a story feel so smart and carnal at once? Lillian Fishman writes exquisitely about desire, pleasure, life with shattering clarity. * Sanae Lemoine, author of The Margot Affair *
Taut, thorny, and sublimely fraught, Acts of Service stares straight into the white-hot center of desire with a cool, incisive eye. This book is electric. * Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun *
An evocative exploration of desire and sexuality. * Kirkus Reviews *
Smooth and smart. * Publishers Weekly *
Fishman's coming-of-age story isn't only about sex. Using sex as a road map, Eve is searching to understand her own inner workings as a young woman. While writing Acts of Service, Fishman kept returning to a simple idea: We tend to love what disturbs us, if we are willing to follow our desires and take the risk. * Interview Magazine *
Ottessa Moshfegh's urban malaise meets Raven Leilani's loquacious eroticism in this provocative novel. * Electric Literature *
A fabulous debut. * Independent Book Reviews *
