{"product_id":"stag-dance","title":"Stag Dance","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eStag Dance\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTorrey Peters\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780593446355\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"This inventive, boundary-pushing follow-up to \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e . . . [takes] on gender, transness and lives on the margins in all of their gorgeously complicated glory.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.\"--Miranda July, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll Fours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE - ONE OF \u003ci\u003eVULTURE'S \u003c\/i\u003eTEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Elle, Electric Lit, them, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters's keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStag Dance, \u003c\/i\u003e the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree startling stories surround \u003ci\u003eStag Dance\u003c\/i\u003e \"Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones\" imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In \"The Chaser,\" a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last story, \"The Masker,\" a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, \u003ci\u003eStag Dance\u003c\/i\u003e provokes, unsettles, and delights.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Stag Dance | Torrey Peters | Paperback | 9780593446355 | New | Fiction 1733358","offer_id":50735013495042,"sku":"1733358","price":32.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/914kBGnuHEL.jpg?v=1791933496","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/stag-dance","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}