{"product_id":"the-devil-thinks-im-pretty-paperback","title":"The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlene Elsby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Explosive and propulsive, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Thinks I'm Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e proves Charlene Elsby to be a formidable talent. This book will haunt you.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuliet Escoria, author of \u003cem\u003eJuliet the Maniac\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\"Depraved, stark, and dripping in blood, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Thinks I'm Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e by Charlene Elsby is an experience that demands to be felt. Unique prose, dark musings, and an experimental structure blend beautifully with the layers of grief and bodily autonomy. In the main character's labyrinthine mind, readers will find themselves seduced into what I can only describe as a really messed up coming-of-age story (in all the best, gory ways).\"\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSara Tantlinger, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Dreamland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Devil Thinks I'm Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e is an astonishing mirage, a novel full of dish soap and restaurant clothes, of summer months and arcane sex, of trailer parks and dishcloths, or cocks and thighs and food processors, fryer grease and the coal-black bodies of Erinyes, of maintenance fees and telephone bills. Elsby taunts and teeters on the rock face of reality and delirium, chaos carnivals where words transmute into data dumps of unreliable memory, into unapologetic rebellion against the literary mundane. A supernatural work of cigarette attitude and wit that shatters the cosmic rollercoaster, a seismic flare-up that left me exhilarated and questioning my own framework of despondency. A welcome addition to the Charlene Elsby manifest. Take a cool walk among the home d馗or of the Devil, it's lustful, you'll quite like it.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShane Jesse Christmass, author of\u003cem\u003e Belfie Hell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unlike Plato's realm of eternal forms, which he associates with the sun, Charlene Elsby's \u003cem\u003eDevil\u003c\/em\u003e lurks in the solar eclipse, in the eternal shadows that undergird existence. A bildungsroman unlike any other, \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Thinks I'm Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e had me laughing out loud \u0026amp; deeply disturbed. Through surgically precise prose, Elsby conjures a lean \u0026amp; mighty novel set in a trailer park full of memorable characters, devilish disruptions, \u0026amp; a plot that thickens towards an unforgettable finale. I read it in one sitting.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLogan Berry, author of \u003cem\u003eRun-Off Sugar Crystal Lake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As the unnamed narrator of Charlene Elsby's \u003cem\u003eThe Devil Thinks I'm Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e so wisely observes, \"We do define people according to what's been done to them, not what they've done.\" There are those who fuck, and there are those who are fucked. There are performers and there are objects. And at the center of it all, like the brilliant, blinding core of a burning star, there is the image of Marilyn Monroe, whose beauty belonged only to those around her. With intense and direct language, Elsby reminds us that corrupting forces are always at work, howling mockery at our very desire to be loved.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Peak, author of \u003cem\u003eCorpsepaint \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704002875455,"sku":"9781954899667","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8ca0b81d1684b9cf89036e98b47abe49.webp?v=1765031654","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-devil-thinks-im-pretty-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}