![]() ![]() ![]() Like, you've written short stories, you've made movies. "This was kind of one of the last ones left, and just such an obvious one. "There's nothing that gets my heart going like the sense that I will fail." "I love a challenge," July tells NPR's Arun Rath. Her 2008 short story collection No One Belongs Here More Than You established her as a writer outside film.Īnd then she decided to try her hand at writing a novel. The First Bad Man Paperback Janu2,103 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 25.00 84 Used from 1.30 23 New from 17.29 4 Collectible from 15.11 Paperback 11.52 22 Used from 3.43 7 New from 11. Her movie Me and You and Everyone We Know - which July wrote, directed and starred in - won the 2005 Camera d'Or award. So it may come as no great surprise that she's an invention of Miranda July, the screenwriter, actor, artist and writer who is famous for her quirky creations. ![]() Few novels I can think of have such perfect descriptions of self-observation. She's obsessive, and delusional, living in a world that feels like reality twisted a few degrees off kilter. Like most really good books, The First Bad Man is summary-averse: It defies the demands of jacket copy, and the joy of reading it comes from seeing the odd, musty, intimate corners of a persons inner life treated with immense gravity and care. How?Ĭheryl is odd - just a little off, somehow. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The First Bad Man Author Miranda July ![]()
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