Lovers XXX

Praise for Lovers XXX

“A glamorous, sun-drenched Los Angeles epic set in the early ‘80s, during the so-called Golden Age of pornography… Raw and moving, [Lovers XXX] explores the intimate and complex friendship between two adult film starlets as they navigate sex, drugs, and life on the neon-lit margins.”
—Playboy

“Lovers XXX is Persona set in the ’80s porn world—thrillingly literary; thrillingly sleazy.”
—Lili Anolik, author of Didion and Babitz

“Lovers XXX tackles the sticky subjects of female sexuality, objectification and desire with a smoothness that appears effortless. Allie Rowbottom’s writing has a rare combination of deep compassion, prescient insight, and just plain coolness that I’m in awe of.”
—Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters

“You’re thrown right into Lovers XXX and it doesn’t stop. Allie writes about desire, survival, intimacy, and exploitation with a kind of feral tenderness. She turns stick-ups, strip clubs, and motel rooms into a fever dream that makes ruin look romantic. Impossible to put down!”
—Madeline Cash, author of Lost Lambs

“Smart, sad, sexy, and at times surprisingly sweet, Allie Rowbottom’s Lovers XXX does for the stars of adult filmmaking what her previous novel Aesthetica did for cosmetically enhanced influencers: It casts a humanising spell, transforming the women at its centre from mere naked flesh into something more like real flesh and blood. Beneath all that silicone and slickness, Rowbottom locates a warm, beating heart.”
—Philippa Snow, author of It’s Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me