The Mars Room [electronic resource] : Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Kushner, Rachel2018
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration, from the author of the internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers. 'Astounding... this year's must-read' ANNE ENRIGHT Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker. Inside 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. As 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. * Pre-order Rachel Kushner's new novel, Creation Lake, now * 'Breathtaking' VOGUE 'One of our most outstanding modern writers' STYLIST 'Gritty, empathetic, finely rendered' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)
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Kushner, Rachel, Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2018
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Reading grade level: 4-5
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Rachel Kushner is the author of The Mars Room, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Her previous novels, Telex from Cuba and The Flamethrowers, were both New York Times bestsellers and finalists for the National Book Award. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's and the Paris Review. She lives in Los Angeles.
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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist (The National Book Critics Circle)Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee (The Booker Prize Foundation)Notable Books for Adults (Notable Books Council)
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9781448190591
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English
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2806361
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