{"product_id":"9781526682116-lean-cat-savage-cat","title":"Lean Cat, Savage Cat","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A salacious romp of breathtaking self-invention and spectacular self-destruction' - SERVICE95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTalented Mr Ripley \u003c\/i\u003efor contemporary Berlin: a twisting, sensual, heady and razor-sharp exploration of creativity, fame, desire and the divided self\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTalented Mr Ripley \u003c\/i\u003efor contemporary Berlin: a twisting, sensual, heady and razor-sharp exploration of creativity, fame, desire and the divided self\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Riotous and raunchy . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea?salacious?romp?of breathtaking?self-invention and?spectacular self-destruction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eService95\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The book that’s been missing from my reading habits: classically glamourous, timelessly seductive’ Torrey Peters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An erotic spectacular of self-creation and spiralling disintegration’ Olivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharli has finished art school and now has no idea what to do with her life. She’s broke, disillusioned and her flatmates hate her. One night at a bar in Soho, however, everything changes when she first encounters the charismatic musician Alexander Geist. Androgynous, glamorously handsome, mysterious and just a little sinister, he feels something like a soul mate; and so when he heads off to Berlin, Charli follows. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere, at the centre of the city’s febrile party scene, Charli and Alexander embark on their great project: to make Alexander into the biggest star since David Bowie. But Alexander is elusive, mercurial; and Charli is in over her head before she realises just how self-destructive her life has become under his spell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story of obsession and excess, doppelgängers and disassociation, fame and the terrible things we do to feel loved, \u003ci\u003eLean Cat, Savage Cat\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable novel from one of the most exciting writers at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57327959605622,"sku":"9781526682116","price":16.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40121744.jpg?v=1772086414","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526682116-lean-cat-savage-cat","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}