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Violence
Barely any
No physical violence; some disturbing imagery
Language
Barely any
Mild literary language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult relationship; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Consumer snack food as substance metaphor; some alcohol
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Identity dissolution under consumer culture, the body as a product, cult dynamics as suburban horror
What this book is about
A unnamed young woman, called A., shares an apartment with her roommate B. while her boyfriend C. comes and goes. A. is slowly losing herself — her outlines blurring into B.'s, her body dissolving into snack-food consumption and television advertising. As a local cult begins attracting followers who believe in erasing the self entirely, A. drifts toward it. Alexandra Kleeman's debut is a deeply strange, brilliant satire of consumer culture, body image, and identity in the age of advertising.
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deliberately disorienting and surreal
dark satire of body image and advertising
cult themes
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