Description
Book Synopsis''Witty and wild''
Harper''s Bazaar
''A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human''
Stylist
''This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself''
Weike Wang, New York Times
A hilarious and moving debut novel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her perfect man...
Vi 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.
One 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.
But is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or a catalyst for further disaster? Sharp, strange and very funny, BLOB is a delightful story about growing up, fucking up and learning how to be a real person.
''Maggie Su''s debut novel is nothing if not surprising.''
The Times *Book of the Month*
''A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways''
Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here
''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''
Kate Davies, author of In at the Deep End
