Soft Core
A Novel
Brittany Newell
- “Vivid
- .
- .
- .
- Exhilarating
- .
- .
- .
- Soft
- Core
- is
- pacey
- and
- rich,
- full
- of
- verve,
- drama
- and
- detail."
- —The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- ReviewA
- young
- woman’s
- madcap
- search
- for
- her
- missing
- ex-boyfriend
- takes
- her
- into
- the
- sexual
- underground
- in
- Brittany
- Newell’s
- savage,
- tender
- Soft
- Core.Ruth
- is
- lost.
- She’s
- living
- in
- a
- drafty
- Victorian
- with
- her
- ex-boyfriend
- Dino,
- a
- ketamine
- dealer
- with
- a
- lingerie
- habit,
- overdosing
- on
- television
- and
- regretting
- her
- master’s
- degree.
- When
- she
- starts
- dancing
- at
- a
- strip
- club,
- she
- becomes
- Baby
- Blue,
- seductress
- of
- crypto
- bros,
- outcasts,
- and
- old
- lovers
- alike.
- Plunged
- into
- this
- swirling
- underworld
- of
- beautiful
- women,
- fast
- cash,
- ungodly
- hours,
- and
- strangers’
- secrets,
- Baby’s
- grip
- on
- reality
- begins
- to
- loosen.
- She
- is
- sure
- she
- can
- handle
- it—until
- one
- autumn
- morning
- when
- Dino
- disappears
- without
- a
- trace.Thus
- begins
- a
- nocturnal
- quest
- for
- the
- one
- she
- still
- loves—through
- the
- misty
- hills
- of
- San
- Francisco;
- in
- dive
- bars
- and
- bus
- depots;
- at
- the
- BDSM
- dungeon
- where
- she
- takes
- a
- part-time
- gig.
- Along
- the
- way,
- she
- meets
- Simon,
- a
- recluse
- who
- pays
- her
- for
- increasingly
- bizarre
- favors;
- a
- philosophizing
- suicide
- fetishist
- named
- Nobody;
- and
- Emeline,
- the
- beautiful
- and
- balletic
- new
- hire
- who
- reminds
- Baby
- of
- someone
- .
- .
- .A
- brutally
- funny,
- propulsive
- story
- of
- power,
- fantasy,
- love,
- and
- loss,
- Brittany
- Newell’s
- Soft
- Core
- is
- an
- ode
- to
- the
- heartbroken
- and
- unhinged,
- to
- those
- whose
- appetites
- lead
- them
- astray.
- It
- is
- a
- hallucinogenic
- romp
- about
- a
- girl
- coming
- undone,
- whose
- longing
- for
- friendship,
- romance,
- and
- revenge
- will
- take
- her
- over
- the
- edge
- and
- back again.
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