{"product_id":"i-wished-9781641293754","title":"I Wished","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"I started writing books about and for my friend George Miles because whenever I would speak about him honestly like I am doing now I felt a complicated agony beneath my words that talking openly can't handle.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor most of his life, Dennis Cooper believed the person he had loved the most and would always love above all others was George Miles. In his first novel in ten years, Dennis Cooper writes about George Miles, love, loss, addiction, suicide, and how fiction can capture these things, and how it fails to capture them. Candid and powerful, I Wished is a radical work of shifting forms. It includes appearances by Santa Claus, land artist James Turrell, sentient prairie dogs, John Wayne Gacy, Nick Drake, and George, the muse for Cooper's acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eCloser\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrisk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePeriod\u003c\/i\u003e, collectively known as \"The George Miles Cycle.\" In revisiting the inspiration for the Cycle, Dennis has written a masterwork: the most raw, personal, and haunted book of his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.60w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641293754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDennis Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the George Miles Cycle, an interconnected sequence of five novels: \u003ci\u003eCloser\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrisk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePeriod\u003c\/i\u003e. His other works include \u003ci\u003eMy Loose Thread\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Sluts\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of France's Prix Sade and the Lambda Literary Award; \u003ci\u003eGod Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWrong\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Police\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eUgly Man\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Paris. He is the director (with Zac Farley) of \u003ci\u003ePermanent Green Light\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLike Cattle Towards Glow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Dennis Cooper \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579904082077,"sku":"9781641293754","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1e81b54c-b982-4fc6-bc26-fb442182de12.jpg?v=1768898442","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/i-wished-9781641293754","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}