{"product_id":"freakslaw-9781638932666","title":"Freakslaw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING . . . an ode to Tod Browning's \u003ci\u003eFreaks\u003c\/i\u003e, Kathryn Dunn's \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ray Bradbury's \u003ci\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Grotesque, creepy, and celebratory, \u003ci\u003eFreakslaw\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to be one biggest books of the year (and possibly, one of the defining novels of the century).\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--CrimeReads\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated 2025 - A CrimeReads and Goodreads Most Anticipated Horror Novel of 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e A \u003ci\u003eStorizen\u003c\/i\u003e and Read Jump Scares Best Horror Book of April 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Autostraddle Most Anticipated Queer Book of April 2025\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this riotous horror debut, a traveling carnival of troublemakers arrive in a small Scottish town and perform their favorite pastime: revenge.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the summer of '97 and the repressed Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter the Freakslaw--a travelling carnival of deviant queers and architects of mayhem. There's Gloria, fortune teller and worm charmer; her daughter Nancy, a contortionist witch; big-hearted tightrope walker, Werewolf Louie; not to mention illusionists and conjoined twins, Cass and Henry, and tattooed human pincushion, the Pin Gal. Against Pitlaw's miserably grey landscape, the carnival shines electric and bright, and it doesn't take long for the town's teenagers to be seduced by its neon charms and the possibility of escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut beneath it all, these newcomers are harboring a darker desire: revenge. Revenge for being cast out, never allowed to settle, punished for purely existing. And as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic, unwelcoming locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence that has been bubbling for centuries is about to be unleashed . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatherine Dunn's \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003c\/i\u003e meets Angela Carter's \u003ci\u003eNights at the Circus\u003c\/i\u003e in this sizzling debut by a writer as captivating as she is incisive, as wild as she is precise. Read this and try not to run away with the Freakslaw. Go on. We dare you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Flett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 5.43w x 1.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638932666","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44150952099885,"sku":"9781638932666","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_f7cc24d6-ee45-47fc-b041-db4fd27ef5b5.jpg?v=1757340227","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/freakslaw-9781638932666","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}