{"product_id":"9781474617062-xstabeth","title":"Xstabeth","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003eA short explosive novel about Russia, Scotland, sex and singer-songwriters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES 'PREQUEL' THE TOWER THE FIELDS THE TRANSMITTERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book spoke, it said \"read me\" from the very first sentence as if it were alive, it gave me visceral joy' Kim Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reading [\u003ci\u003eXstabeth\u003c\/i\u003e] feels like being cut open to the accompanying sound of ecstatic music' Edna O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Prepare for more of that inimitable Keenan narrative voodoo brilliance' Wendy Erskine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn St Petersburg, Russia, Aneliya is torn between the love of her father and her father's best friend. Her father dreams of becoming a great musician but suffers with a naivete that means he will never be taken seriously. Her father's best friend has a penchant for vodka, strip clubs and moral philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen an angelic presence named Xstabeth enters their lives - a presence who simultaneously fulfils and disappears those she touches - Aneliya and her father's world is transformed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving from Russia to St Andrews, Scotland, \u003ci\u003eXstabeth \u003c\/i\u003etackles the metaphysics of golf, the mindset of classic Russian novels and the power of art and music to re-wire reality. Charged with a consuming intensity and a torrential rhythm that pulses with music, it is an offering of transcendence and a love letter to the books of Chandler, Nabokov and Dostoevsky, by a writer who is rewriting the rulebook of contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451517219190,"sku":"9781474617062","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_9280049_jpg.jpg?v=1760462821","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474617062-xstabeth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}