Written when Cathy Coote was 19, Innocents draws readers into the anatomy of an adolescent obsession. When the nameless young narrator of Innocents decides to seduce her teacher, she immediately realizes that the power of her sexuality is greater than she ever imagined. Unforgettable, disturbing, and morally complex, Innocents permanently unsettles our notions of innocence, experience, and power. “Coote is a natural, wryly dissecting the workings of human desire.” —The New York Times Book Review |