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Manhunt / Gretchen Felker-Martin

Title:

Manhunt

Author:

Felker-Martin, Gretchen

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

296 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

ISBN:

9781250794642

Production / Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Nightfire, 2022.

Summary:

Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate. Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe. After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Subject Term:

Transgender people -- Fiction.

Gender-nonconforming people -- Fiction.

Feral animals -- Fiction.

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Book	Searching... Boxford Town Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN	32115002161824	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Chelmsford Public Library	FIC/FELKER-MARTIN	31480011542799	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Dracut - Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library	FIC/FELKER-MARTIN	31482003024281	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Hamilton-Wenham Public Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN	30470001971505	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Haverhill Public Library	FIC/FELKER-MARTIN G	31479007528309	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Ipswich Public Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN, GRETCHEN	32122002928491	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Lowell - Pollard Memorial Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN	31481005723387	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Middleton - Flint Public Library	F FELKER-MARTIN	32126001852040	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Newburyport Public Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN G	32128004039484	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... North Andover - Stevens Memorial Library	F FELKER-MARTIN	31478003668754	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... North Reading - Flint Memorial Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN, G.	31550002485214	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Rockport Public Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN	32129002486917	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Tewksbury Public Library	FICTION FELKER-MARTIN	32132003302547	Searching... Unknown
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Book	Searching... Topsfield Town Library	FIC FELKER-MARTIN	32133002623057	Searching... Unknown

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"By far the best book I've read this year." -- Roxane Gay

#1 Best Book of 2022 ( Vulture) * A Best Horror Novel of All Time ( Cosmopolitan ) * One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 ( Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) * A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 ( Booklist) * A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror * A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) * A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo) * A Top 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature ( The New York Times Style Magazine ).

Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and trans men on a grotesque journey of survival.

"A modern horror masterpiece." -- Carmen Maria Machado

Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate.

Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.

After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics--all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons.

"A filthy, furious delight."-- The New Yorker

Also by Gretchen Felker-Martin :
Cuckoo
Black Flame

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Felker-Martin's daring debut imagines a world in which a plague turns men into violent cannibals and those left alive must do whatever they can do survive, including--in the case of trans women like Beth and Fran--harvesting men's genitals to keep the disease at bay themselves. The two meet up with Robbie, a gunslinging trans man bearing his own trauma, and together the three seek safety, facing waves of feral men, heavily armed TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists) hell-bent on bringing about the extinction of trans women, and the labyrinthine dynamics of their own relationships as they process their brutal histories. Felker-Martin's horror chops are top-notch, with gut-churning prose zoomed in on the strangeness of human bodies and on the characters' squeamish relationships with the physical realm, and her exploration of mental illness, trauma, and dysphoria excellently complement the grimy atmosphere. The plot, however, doesn't quite coalesce, with much of the narrative feeling like a series of vignettes lashed together, and it can be frustrating to process all the small-scale emotional beats without the clear vision of where the story might be heading. Still, this swings for the fences admirably. Fans of Poppy Z. Brite and Clive Barker should give this, well, ballsy postapocalyptic tale a shot. (Feb.)

Booklist Review

Felker-Martin's latest novel serves as a corrective to the various gender-based plague dystopias that never take into account the existence of trans people. After "T-day," any human with too high a level of testosterone is transformed into a vicious, feral monster that attempts to kill anyone in sight. Fran and Beth are two trans women eking out an existence as "manhunters," harvesting the testes of feral men for their friend Indi to render into estrogen and other hormones for wealthy bunker clients. Fran and Beth's precarious existence dodging packs of men and trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) gangs is transformed when they encounter Robbie, a lone trans man who has been living in almost complete isolation with only his rifle for company. The three of them, along with Indi, have to figure out a new safe haven for themselves as the TERFs take over Boston, passing through the bunkers of the wealthy and the enclaves of trans survivors alike. Felker-Martin's self-described filthcore prose easily conjures the grotesque horrors both internal and external that these beleaguered trans survivors pass through on their desperate search for some brief moment of security. Highly recommended for those looking for particularly upsetting or disturbing horror fiction.

Library Journal Review

DEBUT Beth and Fran are in the woods, on the run from monsters--some created by a virus that turns any human with enough testosterone into a zombie-like creature; others from an organized group of women ruled by a violent brand of anti-trans hate. Beth and Fran are not helpless, however. They are skilled hunters, seeking the valuable, estrogen-rich testicles of the infected men to bring back to their friend Indi, a doctor who is distilling E for medicinal purposes. So begins this compelling, fast-paced, and tense postapocalyptic tale of a band of survivors fighting off villains and struggling to find safety, featuring stellar worldbuilding and complex, fully developed characters. The original frame, a testosterone-driven plague, opens the door for Felker-Martin to probe the popular zombie trope while simultaneously centering the experience of trans men and women. The result is a sensual, tender, honest, and inspirational story of imperfect but well-meaning people banding together in an attempt to not only survive but thrive. VERDICT This novel confidently plants a flag declaring its place among the greatest band-of-survivor zombie tales, right beside thought-provoking, action-packed classics such as The Rising, by Brian Keene, Zone One, by Colson Whitehead, and Mira Grant's "Newsflesh" series.