Woo Woo

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR WOO WOO

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year

“Sure-to-be strange, sure-to-be-gripping. . . A new form of art monster rises over the horizon…”

—Drew Broussard, Literary Hub

“Smart, razor sharp, and witty, Woo Woo takes us on a wild journey of female ambition, art, social media, stalkers, and dinner parties full of people with exquisite mullets vaping. I’ll read anything Ella Baxter writes—and Woo Woo is unmissable.”

—Sarah Rose Etter, author of Ripe

“Ella Baxter has written a mesmerizing, strange, propulsive world of art and loneliness and sleep deprivation that swirls her readers around like wine in a glass, forcing us to reckon with who we are and what we believe. One of the few books about process and creation that doesn't get lost in its own self-importance, Woo Woo is a novel people will want to talk about for years to come. Baxter is a master.”

—Kelsey McKinney, author of God Spare the Girls

“Ella Baxter’s Woo Woo is hysterically funny, a wild, unhinged journey into the heart of bewilderment. For Sabine, a conceptual artist, all of life, all of emotion, all human relationships, have the potential to become art. What does that mean when her newest exhibition nears, and a stalker makes himself known? This mordant, feral novel is an explosion of art and fury, and it is the best book I've read in a long while.”

—Lindsay Hunter, author of Hot Springs Drive

“Brimming with rich and visceral prose, Woo Woo elegantly traverses the realms of performance art, intimacy, and online surveillance. Sabine's anxiety spiral in the days leading up to her exhibition is eclipsed only by the very real and immediate threat of a stalker. His omnipotent gaze becomes a surrogate for her fears of exposure. A wild odyssey, packed with artistic allusions and supernatural encounters. This book made me feel delightfully seen, and absolutely feral.”

—Nada Alic, author of Bad Thoughts

“Equal parts satire, ghost story and fever dream, Woo Woo is sharply funny and thrillingly original. In her examination of artistic ambition, female rage and the obsessions that haunt us, Ella Baxter proves to be an electrifying literary force. To read her fiction is to be in the company of a truly singular mind.”

—Madelaine Lucas, author of Thirst for Salt