{"product_id":"9780099586982-the-flamethrowers","title":"The Flamethrowers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Reno we encounter a heroine like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of the Year: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e* Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE MARS ROOM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2014\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers\u003c\/i\u003e is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Books of the Year: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e* Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450557378934,"sku":"9780099586982","price":9.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32395687.jpg?v=1760453421","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099586982-the-flamethrowers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}