Burnside : a novel / Devyn Defoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Devyn, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Homeless persons--Fiction.

Homeless persons.

California--Fiction.

California.

Genre:

Novels

Novels.

Physical Description:

253 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Astra House, [2026]

Summary:

"A Lynchian, absurdist debut novel for fans of Alexandra Tanner and Emma Cline about two disaffected young women and the local homeless man they become obsessed with"-- Provided by publisher.

"Our unnamed narrator, a bookseller at a used bookstore, and her roommate September, a waitress at a cowgirl-themed breasturant, spend their days avoiding their deadbeat boyfriends, commuting to class on the raccoon-infested ‘rat bus,’ and hanging out at wine bars with their friend Claudia Thursday. But after September has an encounter with a local homeless man named Burnside, she becomes terrified that he’s stalking her. Soon, the entire town has turned on Burnside, convinced that he is responsible for the violence, precarity, and wildfires that surround them. Burnside builds a dreamlike yet utterly propulsive tapestry of brilliant, flawed, and dangerous characters. A commentary on victimhood and safety, both real and imagined, the cruelty of late-stage capitalism and climate disaster, the brutal contradictions of patriarchy and quotidian humiliations of girlhood, and a fiercely imagined portrait of a California seemingly right next to our own, Burnside is a singular, epic, and wonderfully strange debut"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Defoe, Devyn Burnside

ISBN:

9781662603570

1662603576

OCLC:

1582319546