{"product_id":"9781529114027-hard-crowd","title":"The Hard Crowd","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssays 2000–2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'm glad to taste something this sharp, this smart' Olivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wide-ranging and unsparingly intelligent throughout' \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her twenties Rachel Kushner went to Mexico in pursuit of her first love - motorbikes - to compete in the notorious and deadly race, Cabo 1000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e, a career-spanning collection of spectacular essays about politics and culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Kushner gathers a selection of her writing from over the course of the last twenty years that addresses the most pressing political, artistic, and cultural issues of our times - and illuminates the themes and real-life terrain that underpin her fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn razor-sharp essays spanning literary journalism, memoir, cultural criticism, and writing about art and literature, Kushner takes us from Jeff Koons and Marguerite Duras to a Palestinian refugee camp, from her love of classic cars to her young life in the music scene of San Francisco. The closing, eponymous essay is her manifesto on nostalgia, doom, and writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'm glad to taste something this sharp, this smart' Olivia Laing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wild, wide-ranging and unsparingly intelligent throughout' \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An exciting book. Kushner writes from the inside out and gives us the true story, the real deal' Kevin Barry, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\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":40955337212001,"sku":"9781529114027","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32290671.jpg?v=1737126262","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529114027-hard-crowd","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}