A most anticipated book of the season for Oprah Daily Literary Hub Electric Literature Book
Riot WBUR and LGBTQ Reads. 'Sexy sly daring' Justin Torres National Book Award-winning
author of Blackouts'The smoothest smartest book I've read in quite some time' Paul Beatty
Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout'Loving cutting mournful and hilarious' Bryan
Washington award-winning author of Family Meal and Memorial'My career had gone nowhere. My love
life was non-existent. And as for s*x - here I was home alone on a Saturday night with a chick
flick playing on my laptop because I didn't own a TV. You can draw your own conclusions.'Our
protagonist always believed herself to be the smartest person in the room. But a couple of
years on from earning a fancy PhD she's still broke single and stuck in a job going nowhere.
One option remains: marry rich. Her summer becomes a whirlwind of dating: martinis with a lazy
heir board games with a butch producer and a Venmo request from a 'socialist' trust-fund babe.
However when some unexpected and tragic news takes her - and her project - to Tehran she is
forced to ask and answer some overdue questions about family connection and terrifyingly her
own purpose in life and in love. A riveting spin on a classic romantic comedy Liquid delivers
a modern tale of romance loss and belonging in a gorgeous high-wire voice that explodes off
the page with wit verve and originality.
