{"product_id":"something-new-under-the-sun-9780008339128","title":"Something New Under the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn urgent novel about our very near future, and a deeply addictive pleasure' Katie Kitamura, author of IntimaciesMagnificent and stunning' Jeff VanderMeer, author of Hummingbird SalamanderAn immense achievement. Masterful and merciless' Olivia Sudjic, author of Asylum RoadA bold, addictive and urgent new novel about capitalism, environmental collapse and our near future.What is really going on?Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood to see his novel be adapted for the screen, but why does he get the feeling that the film project is a smokescreen for something else? Does Cassidy Carter, the troubled starlet due to play the lead, know something he doesn't? And what is the truth about WAT-R, the synthetic water everyone drinks in LA?Sharply funny, alluring and devastating, Something New Under the Sun is an unmissable novel for our present moment.Sun-drenched, sharply observed and swift-moving strange and new' GuardianProfoundly affecting  somehow both funny and deeply unsettling' Rumaan Alam\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\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\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":49399472882007,"sku":"9780008339128","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780008339128.jpg?v=1730467686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/something-new-under-the-sun-9780008339128","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}