{"product_id":"slick-by-camarin-grae","title":"'Slick' by Camarin Grae","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"601\"\u003eA lesbian conference in San Francisco is set to centre on the arrival of the Winged Dancer, a priceless golden statue loaned from South America.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"601\"\u003eDespite elaborate precautions, the statue is stolen en route by a woman calling herself Slick, who then begins taunting the organisers and investigators trying to recover it. The question quickly stops being just \u003cem data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"531\"\u003ewhere is the statue?\u003c\/em\u003e and becomes \u003cem data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"601\"\u003ewho is Slick, and what exactly is she trying to expose?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"1070\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"729\"\u003eSlick\u003c\/em\u003e moves through queer desire, performance, symbolism, and power, asking what happens when an object meant to stand for women is seized, hidden, and turned into a provocation. Published in 1990, it belongs to a sharper, less domesticated strain of queer fiction: politically charged, psychologically slippery, and resistant to neat resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44195289399379,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-18T105713.153.png?v=1773791852","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/slick-by-camarin-grae","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}