{"product_id":"gunk-hardcover","title":"Gunk - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaba Sams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying first novel from \"a fresh new voice in fiction\" (Emma Cline, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guest\u003c\/i\u003e), the story of two women circling one another--working side-by-side, sleeping with the same man, inching toward friendship--until an unplanned pregnancy reveals the true nature of their connection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJules has been divorced from her ex-husband Leon for five years, but she still works with him at Gunk, the grotty student nightclub he owns in central Brighton. She spends her nights serving shots and watching, from behind the bar, as Leon flirts with students on the dancefloor. In the early hours of the morning, she trudges home to sleep alone. But then Leon hires eighteen-year-old Nim to work the bar with Jules--Nim, with her shaved head and steady pour, her disarming sweetness and sudden distance--and Jules finds herself jolted awake. When Nim discovers she's pregnant, Jules agrees to help. As the months pass, and the relationship between the two women grows increasingly intimate and perplexing, it emerges that Nim has her own unexpected gifts to give. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, alone in her small flat, Jules is holding a baby, just twenty-four-hours old, who still smells of Nim. But no one knows where Nim is, or if she's coming back. What could the future--for Jules, Nim, and this unnamed baby--possibly look like? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaw, surprising, tender and wise, \u003ci\u003eGunk\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating debut novel exploring love and desire, safety and destruction, chaos and control-- and family in all its forms.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSABA SAMS has an MA in creative writing from Birkbeck, University of London. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta, The Stinging Fly, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe White Review.\u003c\/i\u003e She was selected for\u003ci\u003e Granta'\u003c\/i\u003es Best of Young British Novelists in 2023 and \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Young Power List in 2025. She was raised in Brighton and now lives in London. \u003ci\u003eGunk \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 8.36 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45087052988592,"sku":"9780593804995","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/nSOBDoMaTI9780593804995.webp?v=1778039960","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/gunk-hardcover","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}