{"product_id":"9781474624084-dogs-of-summer","title":"Dogs of Summer","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sultry, simmering story of girlhood and an international sensation\u003cbr\u003eA debut novel about a long, hot summer in the Canary Islands and the friendship between two young girls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Bold, dazzling, hilarious' FERNANDA MELCHOR\u003cbr\u003e'A revelation' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As sultry as the summer weather' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sensual and dirty, absurdist and tragic. Abreu's talent is thrilling' \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuck in a working-class neighbourhood, high up among Tenerife's volcanoes, a ten-year-old girl dreams of hitching a ride to the faraway beach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstead she hangs out with her best friend, Isora. She likes everything about Isora. From the colour of her arms and her hair and her eyes to the way she writes the letter g with a huge tail. But she envies her too. Envies her grits and gut; her periods and her pubes; the way she is growing up at full tilt without her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the summer goes on and the heat becomes ever more oppressive, friendship simmers into obsession, desire into intimate violence.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Julia Sanches\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The sentences blast off the pages' JAMES BRINKLEY  \u003cbr\u003e'Shows girlhood as it really was' ANNA BEECHER\u003cbr\u003e'A force of nature' PILAR QUINTANA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I have a new favourite writer' RACHAEL ALLEN\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":40856317395041,"sku":"9781474624084","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28679236.jpg?v=1722794251","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474624084-dogs-of-summer","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}