{"product_id":"dear-dickhead","title":"Dear Dickhead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ebest book of 2024 A \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Translated Book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibrary Science September book club pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e most anticipated book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times'\u003c\/i\u003e 24 works of fiction to read of fall 2024 A \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ebest translated fiction pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country \u003c\/i\u003emust-read fall book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's a thrill to hear the characters develop on the page . . . One of the better portrayals of addiction I've encountered in literature, up there with books by Jean Rhys and Leslie Jamison.\" ―Joumana Khatib, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engrossing . . . Full of emotional suspense.\" ―Pamela Druckerman, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe French novel taking the world by storm: an ultracontemporary \u003ci\u003eDangerous Liaisons\u003c\/i\u003e about sex, feminism, and addiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Dickhead, \u003cbr\u003eI read your post on Insta. You're like a pigeon shitting on my shoulder as you flap past. It's shitty and unpleasant. Waah, waah, waah, I'm a pissy little pantywaist, no one loves me so I whimper like a Chihuahua in the hope someone will notice me. Congratulations: you've got your fifteen minutes of fame! You want proof? I'm writing to you. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOscar is a B-list novelist in his forties. He used to be an alcoholic and a cokehead, but now he keeps himself busy by ranting on social media. When Rebecca, an actress whose looks he insulted, sends him an angry email, they strike up a combative correspondence--at the very moment that Oscar is accused of sexual harassment by his former publicist. What ensues is a no-holds-barred conversation about life under the patriarchy, and above all about addiction--to drugs, to alcohol, to the internet, to rage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVirginie Despentes, the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eKing Kong Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, has written her breakthrough book: a \u003ci\u003eDangerous Liaisons\u003c\/i\u003e for our time. We follow Rebecca and Oscar as they develop an unlikely friendship and argue over questions of right and wrong in a city--Paris--where pleasure, excess, and freedom rule the day, or used to. \u003ci\u003eDear Dickhead\u003c\/i\u003e is a guns-blazing novel about a culture that makes men and women sick, and about how the search for feeling leaves us addicted to what makes us feel. The result is a provocative and unmissable book from the author hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e as France's \"rock and roll Zola.\"","brand":"Frank Wynne, Virginie Despentes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46336563085548,"sku":"9780374611613","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46336563118316,"sku":"9781250397669","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780374611613.jpg?v=1743685874","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/dear-dickhead","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}