‘It’s a tight satisfying masterpiece . . . seamlessly makes both what’s out there and in here less lonely, less fixed and less fake.’ Eileen Myles‘Fast-paced and cheeky, full of intellectual riffs, of observations so sharp they feel like gossip, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is a touchingly sweet-hearted and deeply cool book.’ Michelle Tea‘I love this book, in all its ecstasy, wit, and hilarity . . . The liberatory rush of Lawlor’s writing is as rare as it is contagious, not to mention HOT. Paul is on fire, and an antihero for the ages.’ Maggie Nelson‘Lawlor successfully mixes pop culture, gender theory, and smut, but the great achievement here is that Paul is no mere symbol but a vibrantly yearning being, “like everybody else, only more so.”’ New Yorker'Joyous and ever-changing, whip-smart and brilliantly perverse, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is quite simply one of the most exciting—and one of the most fun—novels of the decade.' Garth Greenwell'Playful, sexy, smart, and like nothing else I—or you—have ever read before' Carmen Maria Machado