{"product_id":"freakslaw-jane-flett","title":"Freakslaw (Jane Flett)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the dazzling new queer literary horror novel about chosen family and the risks it takes to become the person you want to be.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The glittery punk offspring of Katherine Dunn's \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e and Angela Carter's \u003ci\u003eNights at the Circus\u003c\/i\u003e.' Chelsea G. Summers, author of \u003ci\u003eA Certain Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the summer of '97 and the Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter the Freakslaw - a travelling funfair populated by deviant queers, a contortionist witch, the most powerful fortune teller, and other architects of mayhem. It doesn't take long for the Freakslaw folk to infiltrate Pitlaw's grey world, where the town's teenagers - none more so than Ruth and Derek - are seduced by neon charms and the possibility of escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut beneath it all, these newcomers are harbouring a darker desire: \u003cb\u003erevenge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence that's been simmering for centuries is about to be unleashed...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFreakslaw:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A transgressive, inventive dark fantasy' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Crackling with desire, hedonism, angst, violence and sex' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As frightening as it is seductive' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'd kill to run away with this circus' \u003c\/b\u003eMichelle Tea, author of\u003ci\u003e Modern Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A queer punk masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e Leon Craig, author of \u003ci\u003eParallel Hells\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A strong spiritual successor to Katherine Dunn's \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eHeather Parry, author of \u003ci\u003eOrpheus Builds a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJane Flett\u003c\/b\u003e is a Scottish writer based in Berlin. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFreakslaw\u003c\/i\u003e (2024). Her fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4, featured in \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e's Recommended Reading and performed at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65779404898653,"sku":"K097955369","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9795536900001A.jpg?v=1788308929","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/freakslaw-jane-flett","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}