{"product_id":"stag-dance-a-novel-stories-by-torrey-peters","title":"Stag Dance: A Novel \u0026 Stories by Torrey Peters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe kaleidoscopic follow-up to the bestselling Detransition, Baby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hot, heartbreaking, and thrillingly victorious.”—Miranda July, New York Times bestselling author of All Fours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of one novel and three novellas, Torrey Peters’s keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree startling novellas surround Stag Dance: “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. In “The Chaser,” a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school brings out intrigue and cruelty. In the last novella, “The Masker,” a party weekend on the Las Vegas strip turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a handsome mystery man who objectifies her in thrilling ways, or a cynical veteran trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcidly funny and breathtaking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of George Saunders or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles, and delights.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookshop NL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52472584896793,"sku":"9780593595640","price":37.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0808\/2928\/4633\/files\/9780593595640.jpg?v=1780584556","url":"https:\/\/thebookshopnl.com\/products\/stag-dance-a-novel-stories-by-torrey-peters","provider":"The Bookshop NL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}