The First Bad Man
- 16 May 2024
- 9781838852740
- £9.99
- 288 pp
- 128×198mm
- 19 Feb 2015
- 9781782115052
- £7.99
- 288 pp
- 19 Feb 2015
- 9781782115991
- £22.99
- 8 hrs 6 min
In a few words
A stunning New York Times bestseller novel from award-winning writer, filmmaker and artist Miranda July
In a few words
A stunning New York Times bestseller novel from award-winning writer, filmmaker and artist Miranda July
In a few words
‘A book that must be read, a book that must be purchased – in duplicate – one for you, one for a friend. Don’t think you can loan this book – you’ll never get it back’ A. M. HOMES, author of This Book Will Save Your Life and May We Be Forgiven
Perpetually surprising and subversive: first, funny, then strange and, finally, emotionally devastating
A masterpiece
Perpetually surprising and subversive: first, funny, then strange and, finally, emotionally devastating
A masterpiece
Perpetually surprising and subversive: first, funny, then strange and, finally, emotionally devastating
A masterpiece
More about
the book
A Guardian literary highlight
A Huffington Post ‘One to Watch’
‘Astounding’ LENA DUNHAM, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl
‘The First Bad Man brings together all of July’s talents – it’s a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased – in duplicate – one for you, one for a friend. Don’t think you can loan this book – you’ll never get it back’ A. M. HOMES, author of This Book Will Save Your Life and May We Be Forgiven
The first novel by the filmmaker, artist and bestselling author Miranda July confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling and unforgettable.
More about
the book
A Guardian literary highlight
A Huffington Post ‘One to Watch’
‘Astounding’ LENA DUNHAM, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl
‘The First Bad Man brings together all of July’s talents – it’s a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased – in duplicate – one for you, one for a friend. Don’t think you can loan this book – you’ll never get it back’ A. M. HOMES, author of This Book Will Save Your Life and May We Be Forgiven
The first novel by the filmmaker, artist and bestselling author Miranda July confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling and unforgettable.
More about
the book
A New York Times bestseller
A Guardian literary highlight for 2015
A Huffington Post ‘One to Watch’ in 2015
‘Astounding’ LENA DUNHAM, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl
‘The First Bad Man brings together all of July’s talents – it’s a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased – in duplicate – one for you, one for a friend. Don’t think you can loan this book – you’ll never get it back’ A. M. HOMES, author of This Book Will Save Your Life and May We Be Forgiven
The first novel by the filmmaker, artist and bestselling author Miranda July confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling and unforgettable.
The novel exploded my expectations and became unlike anything I've ever read . . . hilarious . . . A wry, smart companion on any day. It's warm, it has a heartbeat and a pulse. This is a book that is painfully alive
Astounding . . . she will make you laugh, cringe and recognise yourself in a woman you never planned to be . . . Never has a novel spoken so deeply to my sexuality, my spirituality, my secret self. I know I am not alone
Lena Dunham
I am in awe of Miranda July . . . The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents - it's a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased - in duplicate - one for you, one for a friend. Don't think you can loan this book - you'll never get it back
A. M. Homes
author of THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE and MAY WE BE FORGIVENMiranda July's heroine in this unforgettable novel is one of the most original, most confounding and strangely sympathetic characters . . . This novel is almost impossible to put down, and confirms July as a novelist of the first order
Dave Eggers
The novel exploded my expectations and became unlike anything I've ever read . . . hilarious . . . A wry, smart companion on any day. It's warm, it has a heartbeat and a pulse. This is a book that is painfully alive
Astounding . . . she will make you laugh, cringe and recognise yourself in a woman you never planned to be . . . Never has a novel spoken so deeply to my sexuality, my spirituality, my secret self. I know I am not alone
Lena Dunham
I am in awe of Miranda July . . . The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents - it's a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased - in duplicate - one for you, one for a friend. Don't think you can loan this book - you'll never get it back
A. M. Homes
author of THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE and MAY WE BE FORGIVENMiranda July's heroine in this unforgettable novel is one of the most original, most confounding and strangely sympathetic characters . . . This novel is almost impossible to put down, and confirms July as a novelist of the first order
Dave Eggers
The novel exploded my expectations and became unlike anything I've ever read . . . hilarious . . . A wry, smart companion on any day. It's warm, it has a heartbeat and a pulse. This is a book that is painfully alive
Astounding . . . she will make you laugh, cringe and recognise yourself in a woman you never planned to be . . . Never has a novel spoken so deeply to my sexuality, my spirituality, my secret self. I know I am not alone
Lena Dunham
I am in awe of Miranda July . . . The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents - it's a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased - in duplicate - one for you, one for a friend. Don't think you can loan this book - you'll never get it back
A. M. Homes
author of THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE and MAY WE BE FORGIVENMiranda July's heroine in this unforgettable novel is one of the most original, most confounding and strangely sympathetic characters . . . This novel is almost impossible to put down, and confirms July as a novelist of the first order
Dave Eggers
