{"product_id":"lovers-xxx-9781641297301","title":"Lovers XXX","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet against the neon-lit porn world of 1980s Los Angeles, a raw and evocative portrait of sex, friendship, and the perilous edge of liberation for two young women--from the author of \u003ci\u003eAesthetica.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans of Mary Gaitskill, Emma Cline, and Rachel Kushner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles, 1982. Eighteen-year-old Jude, newly out of reform school, is searching for her best friend, Winnie, when she falls under the spell of an older man with a motorcycle, a needle, and a taste for danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat begins as an escape spirals into motel rooms, stickups, and drug binges. Jude eventually finds Winnie, now Velvet, dancing at a Sunset Strip club. Together they imagine a future--bartending, writing, building a life of their own--but the same world that offers glamour and freedom threatens to consume them. Survival means navigating men who promise love, power, and escape--always at a cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLovers XXX\u003c\/i\u003e is a cool-eyed re-creation of the world of '80s adult filmmaking, and a hypnotic novel of friendship, self-invention, and sexual identity beyond binaries. Above all, it is a singular love story between two vulnerable, defiant women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allie Rowbottom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641297301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllie Rowbottom\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eAesthetica\u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eJell-O Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing can be found in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds a PhD in literature and creative writing and lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Allie Rowbottom \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48397161857181,"sku":"9781641297301","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_af0aeb8d-61f4-4ba1-a3d1-af5ff5ecb0c3.jpg?v=1781074642","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/lovers-xxx-9781641297301","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}