{"product_id":"9781398524996-fruit-of-the-dead","title":"Fruit of the Dead","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn electric, beguiling contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, exploring who holds the power in a modern underworld.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Camp counsellor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her high-strung single mother in New York, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one of her campers offers an alternative. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The CEO of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company, Rolo Picazo is middle-aged, divorced, magnetic. He is also intoxicated by Cory. When Rolo proffers a childcare job (and an NDA), Cory quiets an internal warning and allows herself to be ferried to his private island off the coast of Maine. Plied with luxury and opiates manufactured by his company, she continues to tell herself she’s in charge. Her mother, Emer, head of a teetering agricultural NGO, senses otherwise. When her daughter seemingly disappears, Emer crosses land and sea to heed a cry for help she alone is convinced she hears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alternating between the two women’s perspectives, \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e incorporates its mythic inspiration with a light touch and devastating precision. The result is a lush and haunting story that explores love, attraction, control, obliteration and America’s own late capitalist mythos. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘An unnerving literary thriller. An absorbing exploration of ancient themes like power and temptation.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Riveting and lush… a spellbinding account of a young woman’s hunger for freedom, the sordid underbelly of big pharma, and the siren call of addiction.' \u003cb\u003eLeslie Jamison, author of \u003ci\u003eSplinters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A gripping literary thriller, \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead \u003c\/i\u003epresents a coming-of-age tale that is so well-observed and intoxicating that the reader will lose track of time, but won't forget how they spent it. Egan and Cline fans: assemble.' \u003cb\u003eCaoilinn Hughes, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Ancient Greece meets \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e by way of Emma Cline, \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a deliciously dark examination of agency and power, and the savage complexity of the mother-daughter bond.’ \u003cb\u003eRuth Gilligan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Butchers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Mesmerised and profoundly alarmed, I read this in one go; I’ve been haunted by it ever since. I’ve passionately loved Lyon’s writing for years, and \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e further confirms what I’ve long suspected: I want to lunge to read anything she writes.’ \u003cb\u003eR. O. Kwon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Incendiaries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40938601906273,"sku":"9781398524996","price":12.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31782050.jpg?v=1734597281","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398524996-fruit-of-the-dead","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}