num_pages: 288
description: In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls against her better judgment completely in his power. After a brief all-consuming romance he abruptly rejects her sending her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her she resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs even if it destroys her Part breathless confession part lucid critique Acts of Desperation renders a consciousness split between rebellion and submission between escaping degradation and eroticizing it between loving and being lovable. With unsettling electric precision Nolan dissects one of lifes most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want and how do we want it? Heralding the arrival of a stunning new literary talent Acts of Desperation interrogates the nature of fantasy desire and power challenging us to reckon honestly with our own insatiability.
language: English
title: Acts of Desperation
publisher: Little, Brown