CHUBZ: The Demonization of my Working Arse
Newly reprinted, Chubz: The Demonization of my Working Arse utilises Huw Lemmey's caustic wit to drive politics and fanfiction to the smutty edge.
YOUTH RAGE! YOUTH VIOLENCE! YOUTH ORGASMS! FEAR OF A GAY UNDERCLASS – ARMED – DANGEROUS — SICK FUCKS. Andy ‘Chubz’ Wilson is just another NEET on the street, spending his summer days sucking dick and chilling in the park, one hand on his touchscreen, the other down his pants. That is, until he meets charming left-wing journalist and cute crypto-twink Owen whilst trawling Grindr for sex. But what starts as a quick, breathless hookup ends up changing Chubz — and London — forever. Whilst Owen battles poppers-mad PM Nigel ‘Nige’ Farage, our cock-hungry comrade wages his own 'ass war', and is left wondering: just what exactly is it he’s fighting for? Socialism? Barbarism? Or just cheap kicks?
‘It’s smut, but it’s not just smut…If you watch the news after reading Chubz, it’s hard not to wonder about the secret desires that lurk behind the eyes of David Cameron or Ed Miliband. Hard not to see sex—and power, which always follows hotly on its heels—lurking in every interaction. It provides an easy way of asking: how might those in power be lying to us? What might they be concealing?’
— James Butler, VICE
Huw Lemmey (b. 1986) a.k.a. Spitzenprodukte, is a novelist, artist and critic living in Barcelona. He is the author of four books, including Bad Gays: A Homosexual History and Unknown Language, and his debut film, Ungentle, was released in 2022. He writes the regular essay series “Utopian Drivel” at huw.substack.com, and writes on sex, culture, history and cities for numerous magazines and journals including the London Review of Books, Frieze, New York Review of Architecture, Tribune and Architectural Review.
Published in 2026 ┊ 128 pages ┊ Paperback ┊ Language: English
