ISAAC - Curtis Garner in conversation

We're thrilled to be welcoming Curtis Garner to the shop to discuss his debut novel ISAAC, a powerful coming-of-age story exploring masculinity and queerness in the digital age.

Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45

Tickets start from £4. ISAAC will also be available to purchase on the night and Curtis will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or [email protected] and we can arrange this for you.

About the book:

In modern-day London, inexperienced teenager Isaac loses his virginity through a dating app - a disappointing yet addictive experience. Overwhelmed by his A-Level exams and uncertain future, he spends his last summer before university escaping into a dizzying new world of casual sex with forgettable men. Until he meets twenty-eight-year-old Harrison at a party. Isaac is immediately infatuated by the handsome, charismatic artist, but as they grow closer, his sense of self becomes increasingly hazy. Harrison's demands shift constantly, and while Isaac tries everything to prove his worthiness, jeopardising his relationships with his mother and his best friend in the process, he must ask himself: is he complicit in his own suffering? Is Harrison the reason he has lost himself, or did he even know who he was to begin with?

** 'AN INSTANT QUEER CLASSIC' - Jon Ransom, author of The Gallopers **

Host or Publisher Blackwell's Manchester