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* Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2014* *Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction* Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed. A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian tyre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left and drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal. The Flamethrowers is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other. Best Books of the Year: * Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * Shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013
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The Flamethrowers. Flammenwerfer, englische Ausgabe, Rachel Kushner
- Language
- Released
- 2014
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- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €5.74
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rachel Kushner
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0099586983
- ISBN13
- 9780099586982
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, USA, Relationships, Murders, Southern Europe, Italy, Literary Fiction, New York, Kidnappings, Infidelity, Motorcycle Sport
- Original title
- The flamethrowers
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- * Shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2014* *Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction* Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed. A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian tyre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left and drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal. The Flamethrowers is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other. Best Books of the Year: * Guardian * New York Times * The Times * Observer * Financial Times * New Yorker * Telegraph * Slate * Oprah * Vogue * Time * Scotsman * Evening Standard * Shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013