{"product_id":"9781739744175-in-transit","title":"In Transit","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the airport, Pat - an Anglo-Irish character of undetermined gender - is called to a heroic quest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrift within the airport's confines and multiple time zones, they undergo a journey of self-discovery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSupersonic Concordes soar in the skies outside, inside the airport Pat is uprooted. They become \u003ci\u003eIn Transit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Was I, perhaps, castrato\/a? Was the truth behind my oblivion that I had no sex?\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the airport, Pat – an Anglo-Irish character of undetermined gender at the heart of In Transit – is called to a heroic quest. Adrift within the confines of the airport’s physical space and time zones, they undergo a journey of self-discovery that embraces tangents, digressions, and undecidability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs supersonic Concordes soar in the skies outside, inside the airport Pat is uprooted: they savour a trendy cappuccino, walk through magazine stalls, engross themselves in the operatic melodies at the airline lounge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey hop on a baggage conveyor leading to an underground feminist movement, engage in a lively trivia game show and witness the sparks of a socialist revolution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter they become a character in an erotic thriller and detective novel, Pat encounters death, and emerges reborn—all while navigating sudden shifts in gender due to the onset of ‘sexual amnesia’. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrophy’s experimental non-binary 1969 anti-novel was decades ahead of its time. At once a refusal to be identified, and irreverent celebration of identity's undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55535640314230,"sku":"9781739744175","price":10.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34009181_1f56cdb3-244e-40ac-a873-c968284e20eb.jpg?v=1746091741","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781739744175-in-transit","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}