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 · Cheryl is the protagonist of Miranda July’s very funny debut novel, “The First Bad Man,” and she’s such an acute observer that her life is never as pathetic to the reader as it appears to Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Filmmaker, performance artist and author Miranda July joins guest host Shad to discuss her debut novel "The First Bad Man" and why she stands by her unlikabl. “With The First Bad Man, Miranda July provides an audaciously original, often hilarious map of the ever-expanding reach of unhinged imagination in America. With IMAX-scale emotional projections, a post-gay regimen of sexual fantasies, and a cast of riveting misfits worthy of Kurt Vonnegut, July takes us on a picaresque journey in which the heroine's ultimate challenge turns out to be a stunningly ordinary /5().

The First Bad Man. July's first novel The First Bad Man was published by Scribner in January The narrative centers around Cheryl Glickman, a middle-aged woman in crisis whose life abruptly changes course when a young woman, named Clee, moves into her home. The novel explores the complex relationship between Cheryl and Clee. Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Her most recent book is The First Bad Man, a www.doorway.ru's collection of stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and has been published in twenty-three www.doorway.ru writing has appeared in The Paris Review, Harper's, and The New Yorker; It Chooses You was her first book of nonfiction. "With The First Bad Man, Miranda July provides an audaciously original, often hilarious map of the ever-expanding reach of unhinged imagination in www.doorway.ru IMAX-scale emotional projections, a post-gay regimen of sexual fantasies, and a cast of riveting misfits worthy of Kurt Vonnegut, July takes us on a picaresque journey in which the heroine's ultimate challenge turns out to be a.

“With The First Bad Man, Miranda July provides an audaciously original, often hilarious map of the ever-expanding reach of unhinged imagination in America. With IMAX-scale emotional projections, a post-gay regimen of sexual fantasies, and a cast of riveting misfits worthy of Kurt Vonnegut, July takes us on a picaresque journey in which the heroine's ultimate challenge turns out to be a stunningly ordinary circumstance more transfixing than all the virtual caprices a 21st-century mind can. A live performance based on a reading of THE FIRST BAD MAN, a novel by Miranda July. Kitty Blennerhasset, John Benno, Rose McVittie and Freya Golden have recently joined a book club. Their first book is The First Bad Manand every week for a year they keep coming back to it. This performance is a telling of these book club members’ encounter with the characters of Miranda July’s novel, reviewed by The Observer as: ‘Heartbreakingly sad, thoughtful, disgusting and hilarious’. A live performance based on a reading of THE FIRST BAD MAN, a novel by Miranda July. Kitty Blennerhasset, John Benno, Rose McVittie and Freya Golden have recently joined a book club. Their first book is The First Bad Man and every week for a year they keep coming back to it. This performance is a telling of these book club members’ encounter with the characters of Miranda July’s novel, reviewed by The Observer as: ‘Heartbreakingly sad, thoughtful, disgusting and hilarious’ Each.