Gunk
This is not your average staccato millennial novel. Jules is not a hot mess, there are no ponderings on late-stage capitalism or the climate apocalypse. Instead, Gunk is a warm, often funny novel about an unconventional partnership.
Questions about desire, dual purposes and the ways in which we act out our love for each other seep through this book ... Saba Sams depicts a love growing between two women that is romantic, at times explosive, and evades a label – an exploration of a chosen family that sits in uncertainty.
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At the heart of Gunk is a profound message about the insufficiency of the nuclear family, and a suggestion of possible alternatives. It’s a radical thought, one that Sams is well placed to articulate, and she does so with tenderness. I am certain that with room to experiment, if she leans into her instinct for the eccentric and the uncomfortable, there will be much more acclaim to come.
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