The Sluts

By Dennis Cooper

Book Overview

"Cooper deserves reassessment . . . this compelling page-turner ought to remind adventurous readers that important transgressive literature needn't be something only the French and the occasional perverted American can get behind." -- LA Weekly

Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators, The Sluts chronicles the evolution of one young escort's date with a satisfied client into a metafiction of pornography, lies, half-truths, and myth. Explicit, shocking, comical, and displaying the author's signature flair for blending structural complexity with direct, stylish, accessible language, The Sluts is Cooper's most transgressive novel since Frisk, and one of his most innovative works of fiction to date.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786716746
• ISBN13: 9780786716746
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

One of the best yet most messed up books I've recently read

All I can say is, "wow". Idk what I was expecting with this book, but I definitely was not prepared. Absolutely amazing, regardless. Uniquely written, insanely unpredictable (in a good way), and graphic (so reader discretion advised).

Great

Quickest I’ve finished a book, I couldn’t put it down. Lots of twists and turns, was cringing a lot, loved the format of the story told through forum posts

Depraved

1. I’m disappointed in this “ex library edition I purchased it had a page torn out at the “conclusion.” 2. This may be the worst book I e read the dark material and depravity if it all I’m jarred.

Good and graphic

I wasn't expecting a roll coaster of emotions I felt while reading this but man was it good