{"product_id":"9781398525337-brat","title":"BRAT","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Ghost Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT CULT CLASSIC FROM THE WINNER OF THE O. HENRY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Full of dark, deadpan humour, \u003ci\u003eBrat\u003c\/i\u003e is a raucous story of the messy, messed-up business of living, dying and having a family.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003eA moving coming-of-age family story’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBeautifully written, hilarious, and heartbreaking' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A raw, delicate tale about grief and growing up' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Iconic',\u003cb\u003e Radio 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The novel crackles with gothic horror, deadpan humor, and a damning sense of alienation that you won’t soon shake.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Instead of resolving his novel’s many mysteries, Smith explores how this family navigates the disputed borders of its shared memories, pondering what it means to choose one story over another—as well as the consequences of refusing to choose, especially in the wake of grief.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriel’s skin is falling off.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHis dad is dead.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHe owes his editor a novel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHis girlfriend won’t answer his calls.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriel’s sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents’ old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And there’s a hideous man in the garden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisquieting and hilarious, taut yet lyrical, blisteringly-paced but formally inventive, \u003ci\u003eBrat \u003c\/i\u003eis a mediation on grief, art and love that will leave you altered, breathless and desperate for more. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read before. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793806860385,"sku":"9781398525337","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32485660.jpg?v=1737623419","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398525337-brat","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}