"With The First Bad Man, Miranda July provides an audaciously original, often hilarious map of the ever-expanding reach of unhinged imagination in America. With it, the esteemed artist and filmmaker joins the front rank of young American novelists-and then surpasses them."-Hilton Als, author of White Girls "Miranda July's first novel announces something new, not only in its invention, characterization, and pace, but emotional truth. If I ever start to doubt the power of language and intelligence, I only have to read a few lines of July to have my faith restored."-George Saunders, author of Tenth of December Hers is smart, funny, twisted, vulnerable, humane, and reassuring: a dazzling human consciousness speaking frankly and fondly and directly to you. "July's work reminds us that the essential storytelling tool is voice. I know I am not alone."-Lena Dunham, author of Not That Kind of Girl Never has a novel spoken so deeply to my sexuality, my spirituality, my secret self.
By the time July tackles motherhood, the book has become a bible. Writing in the first person with the frank, odd lilt of an utterly truthful character, she will make you laugh, cringe and recognize yourself in a woman you never planned to be. "Miranda July's ability to pervert norms while embracing what makes us normal is astounding. This novel is almost impossible to put down, and confirms July as a novelist of the first order."-Dave Eggers, author of The Circle She narrates this very intimate epic of a story - a story that starts in a place of brittle, quirky, loneliness and progresses into a profoundly moving story of nontraditional love and commitment. "Cheryl Glickman, Miranda July's heroine in this unforgettable novel, is one of the most original, most confounding and strangely sympathetic characters in recent fiction. Not since David Foster Wallace has a writer so hilariously captured the wince-worthy adventures of the awkward human beings we all pretend we aren't."-Mark Costello, author of Big If If science fiction speculates on new technologies in human life, July imagines new emotions that have never been described.
"Miranda July has created in her stories and here in her amazing debut novel something close to a new literary genre.
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