Description
A sweeping and shattering portrait of youth, friendship and first love, by an electrifying new voice
About the Author
Lauren John Joseph was born in Liverpool and lives in London, they write for the page, the stage and the screen. Their film and performance work has been shown internationally across the UK, US, Europe and Asia. They are the author of the plays Boy in a Dress and A Generous Lover, and the experimental prose volume Everything Must Go. This is their first novel. laurenjohnjoseph.com @LaJohnJoseph
Reviews
A stone-cold masterpiece, which in its scope, frankness and ambition reminds me of The Line of Beauty, retooled for the 21st century. By turns libidinous, hilarious, melancholy and full of feeling, it reveals Lauren John Joseph as a shocking new talent -- OLIVIA LAING
A moving portrait of youth, friendship and first love * OBSERVER, Debut Novelists of 2022 *
Described as "a stone-cold masterpiece - The Line Of Beauty retooled for the 21st century" by writer Olivia Laing, this is the story of a destructive love affair played out over years and cities that's going to be an essential read * STYLIST, Books you can't miss in 2022 *
Lauren John Joseph writes with such wit, glamour, and Style! I haven't read a book that so powerfully evokes what it's like to be a wild young artist among other wild young artists since the Bright Young Things were publishing -- TORREY PETERS, author of Detransition, Baby
Lauren's debut novel is so exciting. The writing is so fresh, funny and gripping - and carries the trademark wit that I have always loved from Lauren -- TRAVIS ALABANZA
This vivid debut novel has a live current running through its pages ... An impressive debut with lines that linger with on the page * ESQUIRE, Books of the Year 2022 *
The struggle to find ones place in the world as an artist and lover, creating self and culture as you go along - At Certain Points We Touch captures this fleeting, dazzling moment with glamour and heart -- MICHELLE TEA
At Certain Points We Touch is as much a love letter to the glamour and glory of countercultural nightlife as a self-aware sendup of its absurdities and deprivations. This novel is a rollicking study of the stubbornness, irrationality, and dysfunction of the human heart, with prose as extravagant and daring as a Rococo gown. I would spend as many pages with this narrator as Lauren John Joseph cares to write -- KIM FU, author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
A riotous coming-of-age story that marks the arrival of a bold new writer * SHEERLUXE *
A searing debut * HARPER'S BAZAAR *
Book Information
ISBN 9781526631329
Author Lauren John Joseph
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC