Zipper Mouth
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cipher Press
Publishing:10th Apr '25
£10.99
This title is due to be published on 10th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
In this extraordinary novel, Laurie Weeks captures the exuberance and mortification of a lesbian junkie as she navigates the chaos and horror of everyday life. Through longing monologues to Vivian Leigh, ranting letters to Sylvia Plath and to-do lists that never get done, Zipper Mouth gives us an unforgettable protagonist caught in a spiral of addiction, unrequited love, and mental health crises, and the effortlessly hilarious and strange inner workings of her mind.
A messy and raw depiction of striving to live in a world that doesn’t cater to your brain chemistry, Zipper Mouth is an outstanding work of queer fiction. Come for the exalted nightclub epiphanies, stay for the devastating morning-after hangovers.
Winner of a 2012 Lambda Literary Award
Selected by Dave Eggers for Best American Nonrequired Reading
"Laurie Weeks's Zipper Mouth is a short tome of infinitesimal reach, a tiny star to light the land." —Eileen Myles, author of Chelsea Girls
"Zipper Mouth is a brilliant rabbit hole of pitch-black hilarity, undead obsession, the horror of the everyday, and drug, drugs, drugs." —Michelle Tea, author of Against Memoir
"Brash, exuberant… recalls Naked Lunch and imparts a fresh, lyrical sympathy. . . . Dreamy, impressionistic, and rapturous. . . . an ecstatic love story.” —Publishers Weekly
"Embarrassment, fear of rejection and all its associated paralysis consume our protagonist whilst the liberating effects of hedonism affect the story by degrees. The result is a beautiful telling of psychosis (drug-induced and otherwise) that is painfully honest and depressingly funny. Another good book for anyone keen to laugh at the tragedy of existence (who isn’t?) and to savour the talents of a bright, new literary force." —AnOther Magazine
- Winner of Lambda Award for Best Lesbian Debut Fiction 2012
ISBN: 9781917008099
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186 pages