{"product_id":"dear-dickhead-a-novel-by-virginie-despentes","title":"'Dear Dickhead: A Novel' by Virginie Despentes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-19\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-19\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a1ba90f-e9f8-83ec-aaef-42800be6dcb2-19\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-108\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"039f646f-eb87-420e-9c73-cf230bdce0c7\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"1031\"\u003eVirginie Despentes’ \u003cem data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"426\"\u003eDear Dickhead\u003c\/em\u003e is a vicious, funny, bruised epistolary novel about the intimacy of writing to someone you claim to despise.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"1031\"\u003eBuilt through emails and messages between a washed-up novelist, a film actress, and a young feminist blogger, it moves through online outrage and private collapse with Despentes’ usual combination of fury, filth, intelligence, and weird tenderness. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVirginie Despentes is one of contemporary French literature’s great literary irritants, in the best possible sense: novelist, filmmaker, punk witness, former sex worker, and author of \u003cem data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"310\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eBaise-moi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"312\" data-end=\"330\"\u003eKing Kong Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"356\"\u003eVernon Subutex\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy. Her work has long circled sex, violence, shame, class, celebrity, addiction, feminism, and the social scripts people pretend they’ve transcended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"1031\"\u003eGood for readers of Rachel Kushner, Chris Kraus, Deborah Levy, Virginie Despentes generally, and anyone who likes their literary fiction with teeth still attached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"1031\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback edition, first published in Great Britain in 2024 by Fitzcarraldo \/ Éditions Grasset \u0026amp; Fasquelle in translation by Frank Wynne. Very good to near fine condition, with only light handling wear visible. Internal pages appear clean and well kept.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45178818723923,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-06-03T140525.135.png?v=1780459537","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/dear-dickhead-a-novel-by-virginie-despentes","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}