{"id":1222,"date":"2026-08-16T18:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/?post_type=myreads&#038;p=1222"},"modified":"2026-08-16T18:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:12:39","slug":"the-sluts","status":"publish","type":"myreads","link":"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/?myreads=the-sluts","title":{"rendered":"The Sluts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e15afb30 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n._df_thumb {\n    width: 305px;\n    display: block;\n    margin-left: auto !important;\n    margin-right: auto !important;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {\n    ._df_thumb {\n        width: 100%;\n        display: block;\n        margin-left: auto !important;\n        margin-right: auto !important;\n    }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"_df_thumb \" id=\"df_1223\"  _slug=\"the-sluts\" data-title=\"the-sluts\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumb=\"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/51587.jpg\" thumbtype=\"\" >The Sluts<\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_1223 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"backgroundImage\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wolf.campubl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/63a9be9945e295b9341dc00d13406b76.jpg\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wolf.campubl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/The-sluts-_-PDF-Host_compressed-1.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0\">Click to read sample \ud83d\udcd6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fca99130 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h1 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-custom-color-3-color has-xx-large-font-size has-evans-font-family\">The Sluts<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">Dennis Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82c4478a wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"min-height:0px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">&#8220;Cooper deserves reassessment . . . this compelling page-turner ought to remind adventurous readers that important transgressive literature needn&#8217;t be something only the French and the occasional perverted American can get behind.&#8221; &#8212;\u00a0<em>LA Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and told through the postings, emails, and conversations of several dozen unreliable narrators,\u00a0<em>The Sluts<\/em>\u00a0chronicles the evolution of one young escort&#8217;s date with a satisfied client into a metafiction of pornography, lies, half-truths, and myth. Explicit, shocking, comical, and displaying the author&#8217;s signature flair for blending structural complexity with direct, stylish, accessible language,\u00a0<em>The Sluts<\/em>\u00a0is Cooper&#8217;s most transgressive novel since\u00a0<em>Frisk<\/em>, and one of his most innovative works of fiction to date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4d6339ab wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbfbc6bc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;background-color:#fff6e6;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-evans-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-6 wp-container-content-69bc4bdf wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">RECOMMENDED BY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:0\">Marsh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:italic;font-weight:600\">\u201cI asked him why he seemed so happy, and he said something like, &#8216;Because I&#8217;m going to be famous soon.&#8217; I said something like, &#8216;So you&#8217;re not doomed anymore.&#8217; He started laughing and said, &#8216;Dude, I am so doomed,&#8217; like it was a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\u25b8 The form is pretty unique as it\u2019s forums based and centered around the legitimacy of a sex worker. It basically reads like going down an Internet rabbit hole and I had finished it within a day or so. The experience is nothing short of disgust, given the nature of the content, but beyond that I just really like how Cooper deals with this contorted sense of desire that obviously morphs towards objectification. 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