{"product_id":"dear-dickhead-9781250397669","title":"Dear Dickhead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ebest book of 2024 A \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Translated Book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibrary Science September book club pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e most anticipated book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times'\u003c\/i\u003e 24 works of fiction to read of fall 2024 A \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ebest translated fiction pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country \u003c\/i\u003emust-read fall book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's a thrill to hear the characters develop on the page . . . One of the better portrayals of addiction I've encountered in literature, up there with books by Jean Rhys and Leslie Jamison.\" ―Joumana Khatib, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engrossing . . . Full of emotional suspense.\" ―Pamela Druckerman, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe French novel taking the world by storm: an ultracontemporary \u003ci\u003eDangerous Liaisons\u003c\/i\u003e about sex, feminism, and addiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Dickhead, \u003cbr\u003eI read your post on Insta. You're like a pigeon shitting on my shoulder as you flap past. It's shitty and unpleasant. Waah, waah, waah, I'm a pissy little pantywaist, no one loves me so I whimper like a Chihuahua in the hope someone will notice me. Congratulations: you've got your fifteen minutes of fame! You want proof? I'm writing to you. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOscar is a B-list novelist in his forties. He used to be an alcoholic and a cokehead, but now he keeps himself busy by ranting on social media. When Rebecca, an actress whose looks he insulted, sends him an angry email, they strike up a combative correspondence--at the very moment that Oscar is accused of sexual harassment by his former publicist. What ensues is a no-holds-barred conversation about life under the patriarchy, and above all about addiction--to drugs, to alcohol, to the internet, to rage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginie Despentes, the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eKing Kong Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, has written her breakthrough book: a \u003ci\u003eDangerous Liaisons\u003c\/i\u003e for our time. We follow Rebecca and Oscar as they develop an unlikely friendship and argue over questions of right and wrong in a city--Paris--where pleasure, excess, and freedom rule the day, or used to. \u003ci\u003eDear Dickhead\u003c\/i\u003e is a guns-blazing novel about a culture that makes men and women sick, and about how the search for feeling leaves us addicted to what makes us feel. The result is a provocative and unmissable book from the author hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e as France's \"rock and roll Zola.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginie Despentes \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and filmmaker. She worked in an independent record store in the early 1990s, was a sex worker, and published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBaise Moi, \u003c\/i\u003e when she was twenty-three. She adapted the novel for the screen in 2000, codirecting with the porn star Coralie Trinh Thi. Upon release, it became the first film to be banned in France in twenty-eight years. Despentes is the author of more than fifteen other works, including the Vernon Subutex trilogy and \u003ci\u003eKing Kong Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Wynne \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated the work of many authors, including Michel Houellebecq, Boualem Sansal, Frédéric Beigbeder, and the late Ivoirian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma. He won the International Dublin Literary Award with Houellebecq for \u003ci\u003eThe Elementary Particles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589843976466,"sku":"9781250397669","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19563907-66fd-45d4-b028-ee3640eedbf4.jpg?v=1756809864","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-dickhead-9781250397669","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}