Acts of Desperation -- Megan Nolan

<p><b>"A love story like no other."</b>--<b>Karl Ove Knausgaard <p/> "Hot as viscera." </b>--<b><i>The New Republic</i></b> <p/><b>A "blistering anti-romance" (Catherine Lacey) about love addiction and what it does to us.</b></p><i>Wouldn't I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him?</i> <p/> 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... <p/> Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, <i>Acts of Desperation</i> 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 life's most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it? <p/> Heralding the arrival of a stunning new literary talent, <i>Acts of Desperation</i> interrogates the nature of fantasy, desire, and power, challenging us to reckon honestly with our own insatiability.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Megan Nolan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Back Bay Books<br><b>Published:</b> 09/27/2022<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.57lbs<br><b>Size:</b