{"product_id":"something-new-under-the-sun-9780008339111","title":"Something New Under the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagnificent and stunning' Jeff VanderMeer, author of Hummingbird SalamanderAn immense achievement. Masterful and merciless' Olivia Sudjic, author of Asylum RoadExpertly conjures California noir filtered through the ambient and not-so-ambient apocalypse' Emma Cline, author of The GirlsPatrick Hamlin has come from New York to Hollywood to see his novel be adapted for the screen, but why does he get the strange feeling that the film isn't even being made, that it's just a smokescreen for something else?Troubled starlet Cassidy Carter is due to play the female lead in the film, but why doesn't she seem to care what happens on set? Does she know something he doesn't? Or can she help him get to the truth?His wife Alison has taken their daughter Nora to a commune in upstate New York to mourn the destruction of nature, but is she safe there or is the Earthbridge community a cult exploiting her anxieties?When fires rage through the Californian landscape, how is it that a certain type of tiny pa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Alexandra Kleeman expertly conjures California noir filtered through the ambient and not-so-ambient apocalypse’ Emma Cline, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eWritten with tremendous verve and flair\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSomething New Under the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e is both an urgent novel about our very near future and a deeply addictive pleasure. Constantly surprising and endlessly inventive, every page is saturated with wit, intelligence, and extraordinary prose. \u003cstrong\u003eKleeman is a phenomenon, one of the most brilliant and gifted writers at work today\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Katie Kitamura, author of \u003cem\u003eA Separation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘With this novel, \u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Kleeman confirms her place as one of the major writers of her generation\u003c\/strong\u003e. Reading it is like looking at a familiar room through warped glass: What you perceive is distorted and unsettling while remaining curiously beautiful’ Esmé Weijun Wang, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Schizophrenias\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘A richly rendered ecological novel, characterized not only by how it sets the landscape but also by the fact that the landscape is quite often allowed to run the show. Kleeman is phenomenal when it comes to place writing. Like many of the characters in her book, I got lost inside her scene-setting, arid and wild, happy to let her drive me wherever her genius brain thought we should go. \u003cstrong\u003eThis is a book I’ll be thinking about for years to come\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Kristen Arnett, author of \u003cem\u003eWith Teeth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘An immense achievement. A \u003cstrong\u003emasterful and merciless\u003c\/strong\u003e skewering of our times, rendered with such grace I couldn't put it down’ Olivia Sudjic, author of \u003cem\u003eAsylum Road \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘…Kleeman is a writer working with far more flair than most. Her novels critique the comfortable indifference of life under late capitalism and, as such, are quite the opposite: \u003cstrong\u003eobservant, unnerving and bold\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003ei Newspaper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eProfoundly affecting –somehow both funny and deeply unsettling\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Rumaan Alam, author of \u003cem\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732088729943,"sku":"9780008339111","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/something-new-under-the-sun-9780008339111","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}