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The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner
- Random House - Vintage Books
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Publisher | Random House - Vintage Books |
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ISBN | 9780099586982 |
Publication date | January 2014 |
Edition | Pb (B) |
Dimensions | mm |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
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.