{"product_id":"9780099586982","title":"The Flamethrowers","description":"Author: Kushner, Rachel\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099586982\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Feb 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinarily ambitious big American novel about a young artist and the worlds she encounters in New York and Rome in the mid-1970s - by turns underground, elite, dangerous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlt;bPgt;FROM THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF Plt;iPgt;THE MARS ROOMPlt;\/iPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2014Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;bPgt;LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMENP#39;S PRIZE FOR FICTIONPlt;\/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian tyre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left and drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;iPgt;The FlamethrowersPlt;\/iPgt; is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Best Books of the Year: Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;* Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * Plt;BRPgt;Plt;\/iPgt;Plt;\/bPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Plt;bPgt;Shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013Plt;\/bPgt;","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150423666846,"sku":"UBD-9780099586982","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099586982.jpg?v=1786964987","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099586982","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}