{"product_id":"9780733645624","title":"Hovering","description":"Author: Rhett Davis\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780733645624\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hachette Australia\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Feb 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 AUREALIS AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe city was in the same place. But was it the same city?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice stands outside her family's 1950s red brick veneer, unsure if she should approach. It has been sixteen years, but it's clear she is out of options. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLydia opens the door to a familiar stranger - thirty-nine, tall, bony, pale. She knows her sister immediately. But something isn't right. Meanwhile her son, George, is upstairs, still refusing to speak, and lost in a virtual world of his own design. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNothing is as it was, and while the sisters' resentments flare, it seems that the city too is agitated. People wake up to streets that have rearranged themselves, in houses that have moved to different parts of town. Tensions rise and the authorities have no answers. The internet becomes alight with conspiracy theories.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the world lurches around them, Alice's secret will be revealed, and the ground at their feet will no longer be so firm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular debut novel from one of Australia's most exciting new writers. Winner of the Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award, \u003ci\u003eHovering \u003c\/i\u003ecrosses genres, literary styles and conventions to create a powerful and kaleidoscopic story about three people struggling to find connection in a chaotic and impermanent world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Every now and then a book comes along that resists a neat definition. \u003ci\u003eHovering \u003c\/i\u003eis just such a read . . . this fascinating, compelling novel will challenge readers' \u003cb\u003eGood Reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'in the mould of Jennifer Egan or AM Homes . . . [a] slick debut' \u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Original and blackly funny' Toni Jordan, T\u003cb\u003ehe Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'transformative' \u003cb\u003eArtsHub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'immediately striking on both a conceptual and a formal level' \u003cb\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This is such an original novel, and Davis's writing is exhilarating, surprising but never heavy-handed . . . one of the most exciting books of this year' \u003cb\u003eKill Your Darlings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'a compassionate, surreal, clear-eyed exploration of modern Australia and the place of art in the national conversation' \u003cb\u003ePS News\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46465984397470,"sku":"ADS-9780733645624","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780733645624.jpg?v=1770010856","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780733645624","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}