The First Bad Man

A Novel

De: Miranda July

Narrado por: Miranda July

The New York Times Bestseller

The “brilliant, hilarious, irreverent, piercing” (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut novel from Miranda July, acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and author of All Fours, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction.

Cheryl Glickman believes in romances that span centuries and a soul that migrates between babies. She works at a women’s self-defense nonprofit and lives alone. When her bosses ask if their twenty-year-old daughter, Clee, can move into her house for a while, Cheryl’s eccentrically ordered world explodes. And yet it is Clee—the selfish, cruel blond bombshell—who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, leads her to the love of a lifetime.

Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, infused with raging sexual fantasies and fierce maternal love, Miranda July’s first novel confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time.

Couldn't stop listening

Miranda July is amazing at crafting and performing this hypnotic story that explores the idea of desire. Highly recommend it.

Funny, sad and full of art

Suggested by a friend.
The reading was great.
I liked the voicing.
To me, a fresh story.
Finished it in two days.
Fun.

Sincere without losing her sense of playfulness

Loved this novel. After M&Y&EWK I was disappointed by The Future, and wary that this novel might be further in that trajectory, but the dynamic of darkness and light is so wonderfully woven through this story. I loved it - still her voice but I found it much more sincere than TF and some of her short stories.

Surprised how much I loved this

Great story with excellent narration by the author. I thought myself laughing out loud several times, and really couldn't put the audio away until I was finished. This read like a parody of 50 shades at times but was also quite a touching story.

Haunting take

The story was compelling and dynamic. July kept me enthralled and fear stricken with only the slightest disgust. I was disturbed by the relate- ability.