Glory

Kendall and Nate are happily married. They want for nothing... except maybe one thing. When Kendall hears about a new sex club opening up a few towns over, her curiosity is piqued. This isn't just any normal sex club either. They have rooms for rent, and she can see her deepest fantasies come to life in front of her. Although she is nervous, she talks to her husband, approaching the subject the only way she knows how, with honesty, and to her surprise, he wants it too. Nate has everything he could ever need. He has the house and the wife and swears his life couldn't get any better. It feels selfish to ask for more, but part of him wants to. Then, the unthinkable happens, his wife brings up what he has been wanting, what he has been craving. She found a room for rent, where she can get strapped down and fucked by the guys of his choosing, and Nate thinks the heavens may have opened up because this is more than he could ever have asked for. They move forward, finding kink together, and they may just come out the other side stronger than ever.

Kendall and Nate are happily married. They want for nothing... except maybe one thing. When Kendall hears about a new sex club opening up a few towns over, her curiosity is piqued. This isn't just any normal sex club either. They have rooms for rent, and she can see her deepest fantasies come to life in front of her. Although she is nervous, she talks to her husband, approaching the subject the only way she knows how, with honesty, and to her surprise, he wants it too. Nate has everything he could ever need. He has the house and the wife and swears his life couldn't get any better. It feels selfish to ask for more, but part of him wants to. Then, the unthinkable happens, his wife brings up what he has been wanting, what he has been craving. She found a room for rent, where she can get strapped down and fucked by the guys of his choosing, and Nate thinks the heavens may have opened up because this is more than he could ever have asked for. They move forward, finding kink together, and they may just come out the other side stronger than ever.

2022 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST "Manifoldly clever...brilliant... 'Glory' is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folklore. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny." --Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book Review "Genius."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds From the award-winning author of the Booker-prize finalist We Need New Names , an exhilarating novel about the fall of an oppressive regime, and the chaos and opportunity that rise in its wake. NoViolet Bulawayo's bold new novel follows the fall of the Old Horse, the long-serving leader of a fictional country, and the drama that follows for a rumbustious nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup in November 2017 of Robert G. Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president of nearly four decades, Glory shows a country's imploding, narrated by a chorus of animal voices that unveil the ruthlessness required to uphold the illusion of absolute power and the imagination and bulletproof optimism to overthrow it completely. By immersing readers in the daily lives of a population in upheaval, Bulawayo reveals the dazzling life force and irresistible wit that lie barely concealed beneath the surface of seemingly bleak circumstances. And at the center of this tumult is Destiny, a young goat who returns to Jidada to bear witness to revolution--and to recount the unofficial history and the potential legacy of the females who have quietly pulled the strings here. The animal kingdom--its connection to our primal responses and its resonance in the mythology, folktales, and fairy tales that define cultures the world over--unmasks the surreality of contemporary global politics to help us understand our world more clearly, even as Bulawayo plucks us right out of it. Although Zimbabwe is the immediate inspiration for this thrilling story, Glory was written in a time of global clamor, with resistance movements across the world challenging different forms of oppression. Thus it often feels like Bulawayo captures several places in one blockbuster allegory, crystallizing a turning point in history with the texture and nuance that only the greatest fiction can.

2022 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST "Manifoldly clever...brilliant... 'Glory' is its own vivid world, drawn from its own folklore. This is a satire with sharper teeth, angrier, and also very, very funny." --Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book Review "Genius."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds From the award-winning author of the Booker-prize finalist We Need New Names , an exhilarating novel about the fall of an oppressive regime, and the chaos and opportunity that rise in its wake. NoViolet Bulawayo's bold new novel follows the fall of the Old Horse, the long-serving leader of a fictional country, and the drama that follows for a rumbustious nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup in November 2017 of Robert G. Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president of nearly four decades, Glory shows a country's imploding, narrated by a chorus of animal voices that unveil the ruthlessness required to uphold the illusion of absolute power and the imagination and bulletproof optimism to overthrow it completely. By immersing readers in the daily lives of a population in upheaval, Bulawayo reveals the dazzling life force and irresistible wit that lie barely concealed beneath the surface of seemingly bleak circumstances. And at the center of this tumult is Destiny, a young goat who returns to Jidada to bear witness to revolution--and to recount the unofficial history and the potential legacy of the females who have quietly pulled the strings here. The animal kingdom--its connection to our primal responses and its resonance in the mythology, folktales, and fairy tales that define cultures the world over--unmasks the surreality of contemporary global politics to help us understand our world more clearly, even as Bulawayo plucks us right out of it. Although Zimbabwe is the immediate inspiration for this thrilling story, Glory was written in a time of global clamor, with resistance movements across the world challenging different forms of oppression. Thus it often feels like Bulawayo captures several places in one blockbuster allegory, crystallizing a turning point in history with the texture and nuance that only the greatest fiction can.