{"product_id":"9781399731935-blob","title":"BLOB","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Love Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn acerbically funny debut novel about struggling in your twenties and discovering a mysterious blob!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty and wild'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeike Wang, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious and moving \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003edebut \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enovel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her perfect man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVi Liu's life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she's stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she's lashing out at her family and co-workers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob. She takes it home, where she feeds it a diet of sugary cereal and reality TV. Slowly, she realises that she can shape the blob into her perfect man: someone attentive, outgoing and with more than a passing resemblance to Ryan Gosling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or a catalyst for further disaster? Sharp, strange and very funny, \u003ci\u003eBLOB\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful story about growing up, fucking up and learning how to be a real person.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e*Book of the Month*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A modern-day \u003ci\u003eMrs. Caliban\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBLOB\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eNothing to See Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just brilliant -- utterly original, charming and funny, weirdly real and really weird. I can't stop thinking about this book and I'm telling everyone I know to read it'\u003cbr\u003eKate Davies, author of \u003ci\u003eIn at the Deep End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41784906121313,"sku":"9781399731935","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31097909.jpg?v=1730449881","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399731935-blob","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}