Lighthouse

Paul Takes The Form of A Mortal Girl

- Andrea Lawlor

( Paperback )

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“…groundbreaking, shape- and genre-shifting work from a daring writer; a fresh novel that elevates questions of sexual identity and intimacy.” ―Kirkus

We LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. It’s queer and fabulous and daring and playful and smutty.

It’s 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flâneur with a rich dating life. But Paul’s also got a secret: he’s a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Women’s Studies major to trade, Paul transforms his body at will in a series of adventures that take him from Iowa City to Boystown to Provincetown and finally to San Francisco—a journey through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure.

“…a witty and raucous portrait of LGBT radicalism during the early ’90s….an exhilarating picaresque hero…” ―The Washington Blade