Literature & Fiction
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X: A Novel
A thrilling portrait of political terror and the violent pleasures found in warehouses, bathrooms, and dungeons across New York City, X is a novel that delves into the psyches of characters on the margins
The world is ending, and down-and-out sadist Lee spends their days working for a big corporation and their nights wandering the streets of Brooklyn listening to true crime podcasts. But everything changes when Lee is dragged to a warehouse party by their best friend, where they find themself in the clutches of the seductive and bloodthirsty X. When Lee seeks her out again, she's nowhere to be found.
Amid the steady constriction of civil rights and the purging of migrants and refugees, the U.S. government has recently begun encouraging the semi-voluntary "exporting" of undesirable citizens-the radicalized, the dissident, and the ungovernable. Word has it that X may be among those leaving. If Lee doesn't track her down soon, she may be gone forever.
The world is ending, and down-and-out sadist Lee spends their days working for a big corporation and their nights wandering the streets of Brooklyn listening to true crime podcasts. But everything changes when Lee is dragged to a warehouse party by their best friend, where they find themself in the clutches of the seductive and bloodthirsty X. When Lee seeks her out again, she's nowhere to be found.
Amid the steady constriction of civil rights and the purging of migrants and refugees, the U.S. government has recently begun encouraging the semi-voluntary "exporting" of undesirable citizens-the radicalized, the dissident, and the ungovernable. Word has it that X may be among those leaving. If Lee doesn't track her down soon, she may be gone forever.
Editorial Reviews
A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of the Month
An LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book
The Millions, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
"Davis is a remarkably self-assured author, and X is a dizzying, beautiful novel, and a fascinating look at a subculture that mainstream American art has frequently shied away from." -Michael Schaub, NPR
"X is lyrical and nonlinear, with sentences that feel like carved obsidian: dark, sharp and shiny . . . the overall effect is masterly, a perfect mating of style and subject . . . X documents a dystopia that has only just arrived, suggesting that perhaps there was a moment when we could have taken a different path . . . [It] will leave you, in the same way it leaves its narrator, wondering: What are you ignoring? What can't you admit to yourself? And is it already too late, or have you just given up?" -Hugh Ryan, The New York Times Book Review
"In this dystopian yet all-too-imaginable read, a new friend of Lee's goes missing around a U.S.-led purge of migrants and refugees, resulting in a tale as sexy as it is alarming-and making it the perfect thing to read at Riis Beach all summer long." -Emma Specter, Vogue
"Davey Davis's X is the real deal, lacerating the reader with its swagger, prose, and heat. It's delicious; it's so gay; it locates and names the state as easily as it locates and names desire . . . Buy this book." -Sarah Thankam Mathews, The Cut
"Anytime the jacket copy on a book promises to explore 'warehouses, bathrooms, and dungeons across New York City,' it has our attention. This noir-inflected dystopian thriller follows true-crime obsessive Lee as they move through those spaces and attempt to unravel a mystery involving the titular 'X.' Author Davey Davis has cited Sarah Schulman, Dennis Cooper, and James M. Cain as influences, suggesting X will be a wild ride into the unknown." -Thrillist
"An engrossing read that asks big questions about autonomy and freedom in every sense of those words." -Sarah Neilson, A Them Best Book of Summer
"Davey Davis's
An LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book
The Millions, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
"Davis is a remarkably self-assured author, and X is a dizzying, beautiful novel, and a fascinating look at a subculture that mainstream American art has frequently shied away from." -Michael Schaub, NPR
"X is lyrical and nonlinear, with sentences that feel like carved obsidian: dark, sharp and shiny . . . the overall effect is masterly, a perfect mating of style and subject . . . X documents a dystopia that has only just arrived, suggesting that perhaps there was a moment when we could have taken a different path . . . [It] will leave you, in the same way it leaves its narrator, wondering: What are you ignoring? What can't you admit to yourself? And is it already too late, or have you just given up?" -Hugh Ryan, The New York Times Book Review
"In this dystopian yet all-too-imaginable read, a new friend of Lee's goes missing around a U.S.-led purge of migrants and refugees, resulting in a tale as sexy as it is alarming-and making it the perfect thing to read at Riis Beach all summer long." -Emma Specter, Vogue
"Davey Davis's X is the real deal, lacerating the reader with its swagger, prose, and heat. It's delicious; it's so gay; it locates and names the state as easily as it locates and names desire . . . Buy this book." -Sarah Thankam Mathews, The Cut
"Anytime the jacket copy on a book promises to explore 'warehouses, bathrooms, and dungeons across New York City,' it has our attention. This noir-inflected dystopian thriller follows true-crime obsessive Lee as they move through those spaces and attempt to unravel a mystery involving the titular 'X.' Author Davey Davis has cited Sarah Schulman, Dennis Cooper, and James M. Cain as influences, suggesting X will be a wild ride into the unknown." -Thrillist
"An engrossing read that asks big questions about autonomy and freedom in every sense of those words." -Sarah Neilson, A Them Best Book of Summer
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