{"product_id":"dear-dickhead-virginie-despentes-paperback","title":"Dear Dickhead -- Virginie Despentes, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ebest book of 2024 A \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Translated Book of 2024 Shortlisted for the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Literary Translators Association National Translation Award in Prose Nominated for the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDUBLIN Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\n\nLibrary Science September book club pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e most anticipated book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\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 \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, I 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. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\nOscar 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.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Virginie Despentes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/9\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.22\" H x 5.51\" L x 0.79\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781250397669\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51746923675947,"sku":"9781250397669","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781250397669.jpg?v=1774869692","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-dickhead-virginie-despentes-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}