{"product_id":"9781399826129","title":"Black Bag","description":"Author: Luke Kennard\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399826129\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Luke Kennard's audacious new novel, a penniless and out-of-work actor picks up a job working for Dr Blend, a university professor who is conducting a psychological experiment. How will Dr Blend's students react to someone zipped into on oversized bag, sitting at the back of the lecture hall over a series of autumn term lectures? The role, eagerly accepted, soon has unexpected consequences. A professor of post-humanism develops research questions of her own, in particular can you love someone secreted away inside a black bag? Meanwhile, the actor's childhood friend and flatmate forms a vision for monetising this new situation . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA warped campus novel, an investigation into the crisis of masculinity and an off-kilter love story, \u003ci\u003eBlack Bag\u003c\/i\u003e is a firework of a novel: blazingly funny and profoundly humane.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46713715523742,"sku":"ADS-9781399826129","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399826129.jpg?v=1776039148","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399826129","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}