The Sluts
The Sluts is a 2005 gay fiction novel by Dennis Cooper. Readers will find themes of gay men.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 167 more have it on their want-to-read list.
It runs to roughly 300 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Sluts
Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators, The Sluts chronicles the evolution of one young escort's date with a satisfied client into a metafiction of pornography, lies, half-truths, and myth. Explicit, shocking, comical, and displaying the author's signature flair for blending structural complexity with direct, stylish, accessible language, The Sluts is Cooper's most transgressive novel since Frisk, and one of his most innovative works of fiction to date.
Awards & lists
- 🏆Lambda Literary Awards 2005 — Overall (winner)
Quick answers
Who wrote The Sluts?
The Sluts was written by Dennis Cooper and first published in 2005.
What genre is The Sluts?
It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.
How long is The Sluts?
The median edition has 300 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Sluts?
Readers who like it often enjoy Tipping the Velvet, Drôle de garçon and Call Me by Your Name.
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