{"product_id":"loaded-9780099757719","title":"Loaded","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the explosive first novel from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Slap\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ari is nineteen, Greek, gay, unemployed, looking for something - anything - to take him away from his aimless existence in suburban Melbourne. Torn between the traditional Greek world of his parents and friends and the alluring, destructive world of clubs and drugs and anonymous sex, all Ari can do is ease his pain in the only way he knows how.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''One of the most significant contemporary storytellers at work today'' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An addictive read'' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn addictive read... \u003ci\u003eLoaded \u003c\/i\u003eis a must for your suitcase * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-octane, drug- and sex-fuelled romp through 24 hours in the life of Ari, a 19-year-old Greek-Australian gay man living on the margins of society. ... there is such a remarkable energy about Ari's narrative in \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e, and so much self-aware humour and pathos, that it is utterly absorbing, and reminiscent in that respect of such debut novels as Bret Easton Ellis's \u003ci\u003eLess Than Zero\u003c\/i\u003e or Irvine Welsh's \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e is a glorious, almighty \"fuck you\" to Australian society, a primal howl of angst and anguish. -- Doug Johnstone * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Slap\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e Nothing short of a tour de force. Tsiolkas outs a microscope to family life and presents us with a vision both of unflinching honesty and great tenderness. Here is a novel of immense power and scope, reminiscent of Jonathan Franzen's \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e and Don De Lillo's \u003ci\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/i\u003e -- Colm Toibin","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083355660631,"sku":"9780099757719","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099757719.jpg?v=1725548655","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/loaded-9780099757719","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}