{"product_id":"freakslaw","title":"Freakslaw","description":"\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","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232047550808,"sku":"9781804992463","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781804992463_639629bd-ac7b-4cdf-9211-6502fda2f834.jpg?v=1771479929","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/freakslaw","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}