**The irresistible follow-up to the hit debut novel Detransition Baby ** A BOOK TO WATCH IN
2025 IN THE GUARDIAN IRISH TIMES ROLLING STONES AND THE BBC 'Adventurous mind-expanding
and provocative' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Unlike anything I'd ever read ... I want it a million
times over I want it in as many ways as I can consume' YAEL VAN DER WOUDEN Women's
Prize-winning author of The Safekeep 'A s innovative insightful funny and confronting as
we've come to expect from Peters' work' INDEPENDENT Best Books to Look Out for in 2025 'A
shining talent' STYLIST Best Books of 2025 'Boy did I love this. Hot heartbreaking and
thrillingly victorious' MIRANDA JULY 'Potent and surprising and takes no prisoners' CARMEN
MARIA MACHADO 'Spellbinding. With pathos and wit Peters explores characters on the brink
of self-discovery' BRIT BENNETT Deep in the forest a group of restless lumberjacks working
an illegal logging outfit plan a winter dance that some will volunteer to attend as women the
broadest strongest axeman finds himself caught in a rivalry with a pretty young jack that
culminates in jealousy betrayal and an astonishing spectacle of transition. Meanwhile in
other times and places the gender apocalypse is brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend an
illicit boarding-school romance surfaces intrigue and cruelty and a Las Vegas party weekend
turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between a thrilling mystery man or a veteran
trans woman offering unglamorous sisterhood. In this quartet of tales Torrey Peters' keen eye
for the rough edges of desire reveals fresh possibilities. Acidly funny boldly inventive and
breathtaking in scope Stag Dance provokes and unsettles inspires and delights.
