Stag Dance

by Torrey Peters

Hardcover, 304 pages

English language

Published 2025 by Serpent's Tail Limited.

ISBN:: 978-1-80081-079-2

Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby

From the adventures of a lonely logger who, deep in the forest, joins his workmates to dance dressed as a woman, to the story of an obsessive boarding-school romance, to the dizzying spectacle of a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend, Peters' keen eye for the rough edges of trans community and desire reveals fresh possibilities. Acidly funny and breath-taking in its scope, with the inventive audacity of Lauren Groff or Jennifer Egan, Stag Dance provokes, unsettles and delights.

Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby

3 editions

Elise reviewed Stag Dance by Torrey Peters

Practically Perfect.

5 stars

Forget Detransition, Baby. This comes out miles ahead, in punchiness, in mood, in social observation, in exploration of sexual economy. I've read so many good books this year, but in a different year? This would be the best I'd have read. Torrey Peters has outdone herself.