{"product_id":"9781761638817","title":"The Ruiners","description":"Author: Ellena Savage\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781761638817\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: S\u0026amp;S\/Summit Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 28 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling, subversive debut novel by the acclaimed author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eblueberries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e about love, lust, legacy and the last days of civilisation as we know it. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e'Is there any hope for us?\u003c\/i\u003e is not a question we can answer, and this book does it brilliantly.’ \u003cb\u003eLauren Olyer, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Judgement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhat do we inherit from the world and the people in it? And what do we do with that inheritance?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Pip’s life is going nowhere. She’s a university drop-out stuck in a dead-end job at a Melbourne lobster shack. But when her long-absent father dies, she’s left an orphan and fifty-thousand dollars richer. She doesn’t know what to do with her windfall until she meets Sasha, a dashing young scholar of Balkan literature.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Together, they hatch a mad plan: buy a decrepit house on a distressed Greek island where Sasha will write and Pip will sort out what to do with her life. However, instead of bohemian idyll, the couple find themselves ensnared in an environmental struggle that brings the mistakes of the past into sharp relief.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n A dazzling, subversive debut novel by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBlueberries\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a literary page-turner about love, lust, legacy and the last days of civilisation as we know it. Instead of hiding from the world we’ve inherited, \u003ci\u003eThe Ruiners\u003c\/i\u003e asks how we can create a better one.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n 'With a scathing wit and genuine narrative flair, Ellena Savage has written a contemporary parable about gentrification, class, climate change and the need for political action in a society that seems to leave it less and less agency.’' \u003cb\u003eVincenzo Latronico, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46795762958494,"sku":"HPC-9781761638817","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781761638817.jpg?v=1778027009","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781761638817","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}