{"product_id":"9781474617062","title":"Xstabeth","description":"Author: David Keenan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781474617062\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Feb 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES 'PREQUEL' THE TOWER THE FIELDS THE TRANSMITTERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This book spoke, it said \"read me\" from the very first sentence as if it were alive, it gave me visceral joy' Kim Gordon\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Reading [\u003ci\u003eXstabeth\u003c\/i\u003e] feels like being cut open to the accompanying sound of ecstatic music' Edna O'Brien\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Prepare for more of that inimitable Keenan narrative voodoo brilliance' Wendy Erskine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn St Petersburg, Russia, Aneliya is torn between the love of her father and her father's best friend. Her father dreams of becoming a great musician but suffers with a naivete that means he will never be taken seriously. Her father's best friend has a penchant for vodka, strip clubs and moral philosophy.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen an angelic presence named Xstabeth enters their lives - a presence who simultaneously fulfils and disappears those she touches - Aneliya and her father's world is transformed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from Russia to St Andrews, Scotland, \u003ci\u003eXstabeth \u003c\/i\u003etackles the metaphysics of golf, the mindset of classic Russian novels and the power of art and music to re-wire reality. Charged with a consuming intensity and a torrential rhythm that pulses with music, it is an offering of transcendence and a love letter to the books of Chandler, Nabokov and Dostoevsky, by a writer who is rewriting the rulebook of contemporary fiction.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375456964766,"sku":"ADS-9781474617062","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781474617062.jpg?v=1767671107","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781474617062","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}