BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING

BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING is a sexy, unforgettable novel about queer love and longing in a time of chaos by Giller Prize longlisted author Eva Crocker.

Crocker's sophomore novel brings us a year in the life of Marcy, a young queer woman who moves to Montreal in the fall of 2019 after making a mess of her life in St. John's. Alone in a big city on the brink of lockdown, Marcy finds herself working an assortment of odd and sometimes dangerous, sometimes ethically questionable jobs – trimming weed for the growers down the hall in her building, training A.I. to sort misogynist hate speech, and participating in a drug trial for a new birth control pill. After a slew of dates she's swept up in a whirlwind romance with a charismatic but controlling woman, their tumultuous relationship becoming increasingly toxic as the lockdown binds them together. As friends, loyalties, and philosophies collide, Marcy tries to carve out a future amidst the intertwined crises of late capitalism, the climate apocalypse, and the Covid-19 pandemic.

For readers of Melissa Broder's MILK FED and John Elizabeth Stintzi's VANISHING MONUMENTS, Eva Crocker's BACK IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING has all the candour, wit, and bracing wisdom that won her accolades and awards for her debut novel ALL I ASK (Anansi, 2020).