Synopses & Reviews
One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023
An incendiary debut novel from a brash new talent — a pitch-black comedy, both shocking and hilarious, which fearlessly explores sexuality and gender roles in the twenty-first century.
"Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp, Boy Parts is a whirlwind exploration of gender, class, and power." Jessica Andrews, author of Saltwater
Exiled from the art world and on sabbatical from her dead-end bar job, Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for her, scouted from the streets of Newcastle.
But her talent has not gone unnoticed, and Irina is invited to display her work at a fashionable London gallery. It is a chance to revive her career and escape from the rut of drugs, alcohol, and extreme cinema she's fallen into. Yet the news instead triggers a self-destructive tailspin, centered around Irina's consuming relationship with her best friend, and a shy young man from her local supermarket who has attracted her attention….
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"Boy Parts is a carnival funhouse ride-terrifying, feverish, hilarious. Clark has created a wholly original monster and a sickeningly compulsive novel. I absolutely inhaled this book." Julia Armfield, author of Salt Slow
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"Smart, stylish and very funny, Boy Parts is a gripping and unflinching exploration of female desire, narcissism, sexuality and rage. You won't want to put it down." Lara Williams, author of Supper Club
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"Will make most readers howl with laughter and/or shut their eyes in horror." The Guardian
About the Author
A native of Newcastle, Eliza Clark lives in London, where she previously attended Chelsea College of Art. She works in social media marketing and has worked for women's creative writing magazine Mslexia. In 2018, she received a grant from New Writing North's "Young Writers' Talent Fund." Her short horror fiction has been included in Tales to Terrify, and she hosts the cultural podcast You Just Don't Get It, Do You? with her partner. Boy Parts is her first novel.