{"product_id":"9781474624084","title":"Dogs of Summer","description":"Author: Andrea Abreu\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781474624084\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 22 Aug 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shows girlhood as it really was: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrutal and tender, intimate and lonely, magical and utterly gross' Anna Beecher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sensual and dirty, absurdist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand tragic. Abreu's talent is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethrilling to witness' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStuck in a working-class neighbourhood, high up among Tenerife's volcanoes, a ten-year-old girl dreams of hitching a ride to the faraway beach.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead she hangs out with her best friend, Isora. She likes everything about Isora. From the colour of her arms and her hair and her eyes to the way she writes the letter g with a huge tail. But she envies her too. Envies her grits and gut; her periods and her pubes; the way she is growing up at full tilt without her.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the summer goes on and the heat becomes ever more oppressive, friendship simmers into obsession, desire into intimate violence.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The sentences blast off the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epages. Hilarious, devastating \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand brilliantly attuned to the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eerotics of friendship' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamel Brinkley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As sultry as the summer weather. Abreu beautifully evokes an era, in which Pokemon and Bratz dolls give way to sexual discovery' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Julia Sanches.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375459291294,"sku":"ADS-9781474624084","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781474624084.jpg?v=1767671180","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781474624084","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}