{"product_id":"cleanness-by-garth-greenwell","title":"'Cleanness' by Garth Greenwell","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"51\"\u003eCleanness\u003c\/em\u003e is structured as a series of interlinked stories following an unnamed American teacher living in Sofia, Bulgaria, moving through encounters that are at once erotic, transactional, yet tender.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel is one made up of many moments of intimacy, power imbalance, misunderstanding—where language, class, and desire continually misalign. The title gestures toward a kind of moral or emotional clarity that never quite arrives; instead, the book sits in the ambiguity of connection, especially queer connection shaped by economics, geography, and the residue of post-socialist life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s striking is the precision of attention—sex is neither sensationalised nor abstracted, but rendered as a site where vulnerability and negotiation coexist in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the 2021 Picador paperback (first UK edition 2020), in good condition with light shelf wear and some minor surface marking to the cover, otherwise clean throughout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44368270753875,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-04T134918.940.png?v=1775270983","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/cleanness-by-garth-greenwell","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}