{"product_id":"early-levy-9780241968338","title":"Early Levy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarly Levy\u003c\/i\u003e comprises two pioneering early works by Man Booker-shortlisted writer Deborah Levy\u003ci\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBEAUTIFUL MUTANTS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLapinski, a manipulative and magical Russian exile, summons forth a number of highly contemporary urban pilgrims. Through them, Levy explores broken dreams and self-destructive desires in a shimmering, dislocated allegory of its times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; SWALLOWING GEOGRAPHY \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLike her namesake Jack Kerouac, J.K. is always on the road, travelling Europe with her typewriter in a pillowcase. From J.K.''s irreverent, ironic perspective, Levy charts a new, dizzying, end-of-the-century world of shifting boundaries and displaced peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''She storms through the back door, refusing to be weighed down with rationalist and aesthetic baggage . . . [This] is a world on the brink of destruction but it''s going down with a barnyard laugh and an explosive extravagance of imagination''\u003ci\u003e  Blitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''It throbs its way \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe storms through the back door, refusing to be weighed down with rationalist and aesthetic baggage . . . [This] is a world on the brink of destruction but it's going down with a barnyard laugh and an explosive extravagance of imagination * Blitz *\u003cbr\u003eIt throbs its way into the imagination like the unguided missile it decries * Observer on BEAUTIFUL MUTANTS *\u003cbr\u003eDistilled images of vital and unsettling power. Levy is one of the few contemporary British writers comfortable on a world stage * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eShe writes like a hyperkinetic angel * The Times *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733398991191,"sku":"9780241968338","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241968338.jpg?v=1719999999","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/early-levy-9780241968338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}