{"product_id":"the-mars-room-9780099589969","title":"The Mars Room","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration, from the author of the internationally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstounding this year's must-read' \u003c\/b\u003eANNE ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRomy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside: the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line  until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Pre-order Rachel Kushner's new novel, \u003ci\u003eCreation Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, now *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreathtaking' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of our most outstanding modern writers' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGritty, empathetic, finely rendered' \u003c\/b\u003eMARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is an unforgettable novel,\u003c\/b\u003e and leaves the reader in no doubt that\u003cb\u003e Kushner is one of America’s greatest living authors.\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the greatest novels I have read in years\u003c\/b\u003e. Her prior novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Flamethrowers\u003c\/i\u003e, was expansive and thrilling, but this is richer and deeper, more ambitious in its moral vision… \u003cb\u003ean exhilarating, always surprising read.\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eWhen I finished reading \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eI immediately reread it because I didn’t want to leave its world\u003c\/b\u003e… \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e teems with quick and distinctive voices. -- Max Liu * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eCements [Kushner's] status as\u003cb\u003e one of America's finest writers\u003c\/b\u003e. * Vogue, **Must-Read Books of 2018** *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI’ve been bowled over by Rachel Kushner’s \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e [about life in a women’s prison]. \u003cb\u003eIt’s astounding\u003c\/b\u003e – very difficult to read but \u003cb\u003eso beautifully done\u003c\/b\u003e, and with such knowledge, although it doesn’t feel like a “researched” book. -- Anne Tyler * Observer *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732318990679,"sku":"9780099589969","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099589969.jpg?v=1719996395","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mars-room-9780099589969","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}