BLOB A Love Story

<p><b>'Witty and wild'</b><br><b><i>Harper's Bazaar</i><br><br>'A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human'</b><br><b><i>Stylist</i><br></b><br><b>'This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself'</b><br><b>Weike Wang, <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>A hilarious and moving </b><b>debut </b><b>novel about a young woman who decides to turn a sentient blob into her perfect man...</b><br><br>Vi Liu's life is a mess. Having dropped out of college, she's stuck in a job she hates at a local hotel. Her ex-boyfriend has blocked her and she's lashing out at her family and co-workers. <br><br>One night, drunk outside a drag club, she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob. She takes it home, where she feeds it a diet of sugary cereal and reality TV. Slowly, she realises that she can shape the blob into her perfect man: someone attentive, outgoing and with more than a passing resemblance to Ryan Gosling.<br><br>But is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or a catalyst for further disaster? Sharp, strange and very funny, <i>BLOB</i> is a delightful story about growing up, fucking up and learning how to be a real person.<br><b><br>'Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising.'</b><br><b><i>The Times </i>*Book of the Month*</b><br><br><b>'A modern-day <i>Mrs. Caliban</i>, <i>BLOB</i> is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'</b><br><b>Kevin Wilson, author of <i>Nothing to See Here</i></b><br><b><br>'Just brilliant -- utterly original, charming and funny, weirdly real and really weird. I can't stop thinking about this book and I'm telling everyone I know to read it'<br>Kate Davies, author of <i>In at the Deep End</i></b></p>