b'Filmmaker, writer and artist Miranda July has just published her first novel.
She\\u2019s been well known in conceptual art circles for a long time, in part because of projects in the emerging discipline of social practice.
Her 2005 film "Me, You, and Everyone We Know" introduced a wide audience to the characters she had up her sleeve, lost souls and everyday seekers.
Now with \\u201cThe First Bad Man," she\\u2019s created an outstandingly awkward protagonist who\\u2019s in a mad scramble toward love and connection.'