A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 - VOGUE; BuzzFeed; LitHub A bold; promising debut. MARY GAITSKILL *** Thoughtful; savage RAVEN LEILANI *** Radical; daring and bracing SHEILA HETI A provocative debut exploring sex and sexuality as a twentysomething New Yorker pursues a sexual freedom that follows no lines other than her own desire. If sex is a truth-teller; Eve-a young; queer woman in Brooklyn-is looking for answers. On an evening when she is feeling particularly impulsive; she posts some nude photos of herself online. This is how Eve meets Olivia; and through Olivia; the charismatic Nathan-and soon the three begin a relationship that disturbs Eve as much as it delights her. As each act of the affair unfolds; Eve is left to ask: to whom is she responsible? And to what extent do our desires determine who we are? In the way that only great fiction can; Acts of Service takes between its teeth the contradictions written all over our ideas of sex and sexuality. As incisive as it is exhilarating; this novel asks us to face our ideas about desire and power: what sex means to us; the forces that shape it; and how we find-or lose-ourselves in intimacy. At once juicy and intellectually challenging; sacred and profane; it might be the most thought-provoking book you read all year.