{"product_id":"biography-of-x-hardcover","title":"Biography of X - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller. A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice. Named a best book of March by Apple Books and Amazon, and a most anticipated book by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e BuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Literary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Chicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major novel, and a notably audacious one.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It feels fairly rare for a novel to be hugely intelligent and moving and fun in equal measure, but with \u003ci\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/i\u003e, Catherine Lacey somehow--magically--makes the nearly impossible look easy.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of our fiercest stylists, a roaring epic chronicling the life, times, and secrets of a notorious artist. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen X--an iconoclastic artist, writer, and polarizing shape-shifter--falls dead in her office, her widow, CM, wild with grief and refusing everyone's good advice, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. Though X was recognized as a crucial creative force of her era, she kept a tight grip on her life story. Not even CM knows where X was born, and in her quest to find out, she opens a Pandora's box of secrets, betrayals, and destruction. All the while, she immerses herself in the history of the Southern Territory, a fascist theocracy that split from the rest of the country after World War II, and which finally, in the present day, is being forced into an uneasy reunification. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterfully constructed literary adventure complete with original images assembled by X's widow, \u003ci\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/i\u003e follows CM as she traces X's peripatetic trajectory over decades, from Europe to the ruins of America's divided territories, and through her collaborations and feuds with everyone from Bowie and Waits to Sontag and Acker. At last, when she finally understands the scope of X's defining artistic project, CM realizes her wife's deceptions were far crueler than she imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePulsing with suspense and intellect while blending nonfiction and fiction, \u003ci\u003eBiography of X\u003c\/i\u003e is a roaring epic that plumbs the depths of grief, art, and love. In her most ambitious novel yet, Catherine Lacey pushes her craft to its highest level, introducing us to an unforgettable character who, in her tantalizing mystery, shows us the fallibility of the stories we craft for ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Lacey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eNobody Is Ever Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Answers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePew\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eCertain American States\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. She has been a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award, and was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta'\u003c\/i\u003es Best of Young American Novelists. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Believer, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Born in Mississippi, she is based in Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 9.29 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765743419680,"sku":"9780374606176","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8eee4db594b416aa1010724c9bb9d745.webp?v=1780278635","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/biography-of-x-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}