{"product_id":"blob-maggie-su-9781399731942","title":"BLOB","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Witty and wild'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStylist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeike Wang, New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA hilarious and moving debut novel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her perfect man...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVi Liu's life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she's stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she's lashing out at her family and co-workers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob. She takes it home, where she feeds it a diet of sugary cereal and reality TV. Slowly, she realises that she can shape the blob into her perfect man: someone attentive, outgoing and with more than a passing resemblance to Ryan Gosling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or a catalyst for further disaster? Sharp, strange and very funny, BLOB is a delightful story about growing up, fucking up and learning how to be a real person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Times *Book of the Month*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Just brilliant -- utterly original, charming and funny, weirdly real and really weird. I can't stop thinking about this book and I'm telling everyone I know to read it'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKate Davies, author of In at the Deep End\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie Su","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46656288358643,"sku":"9781399731942","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781399731942.jpg?v=1738091579","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/blob-maggie-su-9781399731942","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}