{"product_id":"9781399731935","title":"BLOB : A Love Story","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Su, Maggie \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 February 2025 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Sceptre) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 256 pages, N\/A\u003cbr\u003e223 x 145 x 25 | 366g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Witty and wild'Harper's Bazaar'A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See HereA hilarious and moving debut novel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her perfect man...\u003c\/p\u003e\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. One 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\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\u003cp\u003e'A rollicking fun, funny, poignant coming of age story, filled with honesty and delight'Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake'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'Kate Davies, author of In at the Deep End\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46380721930499,"sku":"9781399731935","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781399731935_f5718c8d-33bc-4712-8f48-a78062e3fee9.jpg?v=1741602878","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781399731935","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}