The Flamethrowers

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<p><b>FROM THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF <i>THE MARS ROOM</i></b><br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2014</b><br><br><b>LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION</b><br><br>Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. <br><br>In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed.<br><br>A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian tyre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left and drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal.<br><br><i>The Flamethrowers</i> is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other.<br><br><b>Best Books of the Year: </b><br><b><i>* Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * <br></i></b><br><b>Shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780099586982

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 128 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd