TY - BOOK AU - Lawlor,Andrea TI - Paul takes the form of a mortal girl SN - 9781529007664 PY - 2019///] CY - London PB - Picador KW - Queer theory KW - Fiction KW - Gender identity KW - Shapeshifting KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Gay culture KW - 20th century KW - Lesbian culture KW - Riot grrrl movement N1 - First published in the US in 2017 by Rescue Press N2 - It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flâneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, women's studies major to trade, Paul transforms his body at will in a series of adventures that take him from Iowa City to Boystown to Provincetown and finally to San Francisco, a journey through the deep queer archives of struggle and pleasure ER -