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Brutes : A Novel by Dizz Tate (2023, Hardcover)

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PublisherCATAPULT

ISBN-101646221672

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Product Key Features

Book TitleBrutes : a Novel

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicComing of Age

GenreFiction

AuthorDizz Tate

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16.6 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.8 in

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LCCN2022-944557

Reviews"Mesmerizing moments . . . An often beautiful work." -- Publishers Weekly "Tate's debut novel is for readers looking for a riveting plot only topped by its captivating voices, at times honest and vulnerable, at others chilling in their detachment, Tate's prose enhances the conspiratorial relationship of these characters bonded by fickle friendship pacts, violence, and love. Simultaneously disturbing and sentimental, Brutes is a true reflection of girlhood." -- Booklist "Dreamlike . . . Tate's novel feels a bit like avant-garde fashion: surreal, impractical, but beautiful to see. A promising first book whose enigmatic nature is . . . alluring." -- Kirkus Reviews "Innovative, urgent, and endlessly lush, Brutes is the rapturous story of darkly shifting allegiances among a group of obsessive teenage girls. A masterful sentence maker, Tate is a startling and singular new voice, and her debut novel is so taut and intense it might just catch fire." --Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light "The mystery and the danger of being a girl, of feeling crazy and vulnerable and wild, wanting to run away and be someone--anyone--is captured here across a landscape of nail polish and fire and sex, a sinister lake and the pink sky of Florida. Brutes is a beautiful and deeply strange novel, full of dread and longing. I loved it." --Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of the Night and Things We Lost in the Fire "The many voices of Brutes tell the reader seductive, dangerous stories about the lives of girls and women in Florida. Lyrical, propulsive, and at times savagely funny, this is an impressive debut by Dizz Tate, and it sucked me in from start to finish." --Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want "Polyphonically technicolor and lushly textured, Brutes is a defiant elegy to the myth of girlhood innocence. Dizz Tate's talent is brazen--and brilliant." --Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure "Assured, insightful, quietly savage, Dizz Tate is capable of conjuring a whole world." --Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time "In the tradition of Southern Gothic literature made new, Brutes is dark, unsettling, lyrical, and threaded with comic moments. Set in a small and dreary Florida town, this inventive novel chronicles the collective lives of a group of girls on the precipice of adulthood and the inevitable, sorrowful surprises that come later. A mystery, the ominous disappearance of an older girl, renders the story a page-turner, but the complex characters, sharp details, insights and lush prose are to be lingered over. Dizz Tate's debut novel is compelling and memorable." --Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of Hester Among the Ruins and Rabbits for Food, "Dark and beautiful . . . Brutes will mesmerize you and catch you off guard with how accurate yet unpredictable it is." --Adam Vitcavage, Debutiful " Brutes offers stark and unlovely characterizations, but with moments of striking beauty. The girls (and their mothers) are grasping, even desperate, but capable of compassion. Tate's Florida is steamy and thickly rank, with blinding sunlight and shadowy depths . . . This is a dark coming-of-age tale and meditation on childhood and the cusp of adolescence: authentic . . . with glimmers of hope." -- Shelf Awareness "Mesmerizing moments . . . An often beautiful work." -- Publishers Weekly "Tate's debut novel is for readers looking for a riveting plot only topped by its captivating voices, at times honest and vulnerable, at others chilling in their detachment, Tate's prose enhances the conspiratorial relationship of these characters bonded by fickle friendship pacts, violence, and love. Simultaneously disturbing and sentimental, Brutes is a true reflection of girlhood." -- Booklist "Dreamlike . . . Tate's novel feels a bit like avant-garde fashion: surreal, impractical, but beautiful to see. A promising first book whose enigmatic nature is . . . alluring." -- Kirkus Reviews "Innovative, urgent, and endlessly lush, Brutes is the rapturous story of darkly shifting allegiances among a group of obsessive teenage girls. A masterful sentence maker, Tate is a startling and singular new voice, and her debut novel is so taut and intense it might just catch fire." --Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light "The mystery and the danger of being a girl, of feeling crazy and vulnerable and wild, wanting to run away and be someone--anyone--is captured here across a landscape of nail polish and fire and sex, a sinister lake and the pink sky of Florida. Brutes is a beautiful and deeply strange novel, full of dread and longing. I loved it." --Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of the Night and Things We Lost in the Fire "The many voices of Brutes tell the reader seductive, dangerous stories about the lives of girls and women in Florida. Lyrical, propulsive, and at times savagely funny, this is an impressive debut by Dizz Tate, and it sucked me in from start to finish." --Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want "Polyphonically technicolor and lushly textured, Brutes is a defiant elegy to the myth of girlhood innocence. Dizz Tate's talent is brazen--and brilliant." --Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure "Assured, insightful, quietly savage, Dizz Tate is capable of conjuring a whole world." --Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time "In the tradition of Southern Gothic literature made new, Brutes is dark, unsettling, lyrical, and threaded with comic moments. Set in a small and dreary Florida town, this inventive novel chronicles the collective lives of a group of girls on the precipice of adulthood and the inevitable, sorrowful surprises that come later. A mystery, the ominous disappearance of an older girl, renders the story a page-turner, but the complex characters, sharp details, insights and lush prose are to be lingered over. Dizz Tate's debut novel is compelling and memorable." --Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of Hester Among the Ruins and Rabbits for Food, "Mesmerizing moments . . . An often beautiful work." -- Publishers Weekly "Dreamlike . . . Tate's novel feels a bit like avant-garde fashion: surreal, impractical, but beautiful to see. A promising first book whose enigmatic nature is . . . alluring." -- Kirkus Reviews "Innovative, urgent, and endlessly lush, Brutes is the rapturous story of darkly shifting allegiances among a group of obsessive teenage girls. A masterful sentence maker, Tate is a startling and singular new voice, and her debut novel is so taut and intense it might just catch fire." --Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light "The mystery and the danger of being a girl, of feeling crazy and vulnerable and wild, wanting to run away and be someone--anyone--is captured here across a landscape of nail polish and fire and sex, a sinister lake and the pink sky of Florida. Brutes is a beautiful and deeply strange novel, full of dread and longing. I loved it." --Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of the Night and Things We Lost in the Fire "The many voices of Brutes tell the reader seductive, dangerous stories about the lives of girls and women in Florida. Lyrical, propulsive, and at times savagely funny, this is an impressive debut by Dizz Tate, and it sucked me in from start to finish." --Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want "Polyphonically technicolor and lushly textured, Brutes is a defiant elegy to the myth of girlhood innocence. Dizz Tate's talent is brazen--and brilliant." --Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure "Assured, insightful, quietly savage, Dizz Tate is capable of conjuring a whole world." --Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time "In the tradition of Southern Gothic literature made new, Brutes is dark, unsettling, lyrical, and threaded with comic moments. Set in a small and dreary Florida town, this inventive novel chronicles the collective lives of a group of girls on the precipice of adulthood and the inevitable, sorrowful surprises that come later. A mystery, the ominous disappearance of an older girl, renders the story a page-turner, but the complex characters, sharp details, insights and lush prose are to be lingered over. Dizz Tate's debut novel is compelling and memorable." --Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of Hester Among the Ruins and Rabbits for Food, "Dreamlike . . . Tate's novel feels a bit like avant-garde fashion: surreal, impractical, but beautiful to see. A promising first book whose enigmatic nature is . . . alluring." -- Kirkus Reviews "Innovative, urgent, and endlessly lush, Brutes is the rapturous story of darkly shifting allegiances among a group of obsessive teenage girls. A masterful sentence maker, Tate is a startling and singular new voice, and her debut novel is so taut and intense it might just catch fire." --Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light "The mystery and the danger of being a girl, of feeling crazy and vulnerable and wild, wanting to run away and be someone--anyone--is captured here across a landscape of nail polish and fire and sex, a sinister lake and the pink sky of Florida. Brutes is a beautiful and deeply strange novel, full of dread and longing. I loved it." --Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of the Night and Things We Lost in the Fire "The many voices of Brutes tell the reader seductive, dangerous stories about the lives of girls and women in Florida. Lyrical, propulsive, and at times savagely funny, this is an impressive debut by Dizz Tate, and it sucked me in from start to finish." --Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want "Polyphonically technicolor and lushly textured, Brutes is a defiant elegy to the myth of girlhood innocence. Dizz Tate's talent is brazen--and brilliant." --Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure "Assured, insightful, quietly savage, Dizz Tate is capable of conjuring a whole world." --Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time "In the tradition of Southern Gothic literature made new, Brutes is dark, unsettling, lyrical, and threaded with comic moments. Set in a small and dreary Florida town, this inventive novel chronicles the collective lives of a group of girls on the precipice of adulthood and the inevitable, sorrowful surprises that come later. A mystery, the ominous disappearance of an older girl, renders the story a page-turner, but the complex characters, sharp details, insights and lush prose are to be lingered over. Dizz Tate's debut novel is compelling and memorable." --Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of Hester Among the Ruins and Rabbits for Food, Nylon , A Most Anticipated Book of the Year Our Culture Magazine , A Most Anticipated Book of the Year Goodreads, A Buzziest Debut Novel of the Year "Narrated by an intense voice--the crowded 'we'-- Brutes uses an imagistic, unnerving language to tell the story of these girls and their young, 'hatching hearts.'" -- Bustle , A Most Anticipated Book of the Year "Dark and beautiful . . . Brutes will mesmerize you and catch you off guard with how accurate yet unpredictable it is." --Adam Vitcavage, Debutiful " Brutes offers stark and unlovely characterizations, but with moments of striking beauty. The girls (and their mothers) are grasping, even desperate, but capable of compassion. Tate's Florida is steamy and thickly rank, with blinding sunlight and shadowy depths . . . This is a dark coming-of-age tale and meditation on childhood and the cusp of adolescence: authentic . . . with glimmers of hope." -- Shelf Awareness "Mesmerizing moments . . . An often beautiful work." -- Publishers Weekly "Tate's debut novel is for readers looking for a riveting plot only topped by its captivating voices, at times honest and vulnerable, at others chilling in their detachment, Tate's prose enhances the conspiratorial relationship of these characters bonded by fickle friendship pacts, violence, and love. Simultaneously disturbing and sentimental, Brutes is a true reflection of girlhood." -- Booklist "Dreamlike . . . Tate's novel feels a bit like avant-garde fashion: surreal, impractical, but beautiful to see. A promising first book whose enigmatic nature is . . . alluring." -- Kirkus Reviews "Innovative, urgent, and endlessly lush, Brutes is the rapturous story of darkly shifting allegiances among a group of obsessive teenage girls. A masterful sentence maker, Tate is a startling and singular new voice, and her debut novel is so taut and intense it might just catch fire." --Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light "The mystery and the danger of being a girl, of feeling crazy and vulnerable and wild, wanting to run away and be someone--anyone--is captured here across a landscape of nail polish and fire and sex, a sinister lake and the pink sky of Florida. Brutes is a beautiful and deeply strange novel, full of dread and longing. I loved it." --Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of the Night and Things We Lost in the Fire "The many voices of Brutes tell the reader seductive, dangerous stories about the lives of girls and women in Florida. Lyrical, propulsive, and at times savagely funny, this is an impressive debut by Dizz Tate, and it sucked me in from start to finish." --Alix Ohlin, author of We Want What We Want "Polyphonically technicolor and lushly textured, Brutes is a defiant elegy to the myth of girlhood innocence. Dizz Tate's talent is brazen--and brilliant." --Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure "Assured, insightful, quietly savage, Dizz Tate is capable of conjuring a whole world." --Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them a Good Time "In the tradition of Southern Gothic literature made new, Brutes is dark, unsettling, lyrical, and threaded with comic moments. Set in a small and dreary Florida town, this inventive novel chronicles the collective lives of a group of girls on the precipice of adulthood and the inevitable, sorrowful surprises that come later. A mystery, the ominous disappearance of an older girl, renders the story a page-turner, but the complex characters, sharp details, insights and lush prose are to be lingered over. Dizz Tate's debut novel is compelling and memorable." --Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of Hester Among the Ruins and Rabbits for Food, "Polyphonically technicolor and lushly textured, Brutes is a defiant elegy to the myth of girlhood innocence. Dizz Tate's talent is brazen--and brilliant." --Sophie Mackintosh, author of The Water Cure

SynopsisThe Virgin Suicides meets The Florida Project in this wildly original debut--a coming-of-age story about the crucible of girlhood, from a writer of rare and startling talent We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones. In Falls Landing, Florida--a place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers--something sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she? Watching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives. Through a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. Brutes is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the "we" of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.

LC Classification NumberPS3620.A886B78 2023