The release date for the English version of 'Acts of Desperation' by
Megan Nolan is Mar 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Our anonymous narrator meets the alluring writer Ciaran in the first scene of this thought-provoking gut-punch of a book and, against her better judgment, succumbs to his charms wholeheartedly. He unexpectedly rejects her after a brief, all-consuming affair, throwing her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. She makes the decision to cling to him and his love no matter what, even if it means losing herself if he ever returns to her.
Acts of Desperation portrays a consciousness divided between revolt and surrender, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, and between loving and being lovable. It is half frenzied confession and part lucid critique. Nolan solves one of life's most enigmatic riddles: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it?—with unnerving, electric precision.
Acts of Desperation, which heralds the birth of a breathtaking new literary talent, asks us to face our own insatiability head-on as it explores the nature of fantasy, desire, and power.