{"product_id":"9780349127606","title":"Prairie Oyster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Had me laughing, wincing, cheering, recognising, admiring - and turning pages, rapidly' \u003c\/b\u003eMAGGIE NELSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterful contribution to the canon of queer women's literature. A smart and uncomfortable dissection of longing' \u003c\/b\u003eSHON FAYE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sophie out-jars\u003ci\u003e The Bell Jar \u003c\/i\u003ewith this dark and gleaming masterpiece' \u003c\/b\u003eEILEEN MYLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unflinching, unexpected, radical, lyrical, and wholly original' \u003c\/b\u003eSOPHIE MACKINTOSH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything falls into place: she will get sober, she will eat well, she will start sleeping properly, she will work hard, she will resurrect her career, she will make\u003c\/i\u003e The Lakes\u003ci\u003e, she will charm Mitch, she will be somebody\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePearl is a thirty-something filmmaker balanced precariously on the edge of an addiction-fuelled breakdown. When lesbian cult filmmaker Mitch Meyer shows an interest in her work about silver screen star Veronica Lake, Pearl's stilted life is given new meaning and she swaps alcoholism for romantic obsession; London for a summer in New York with Mitch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrairie Oyster\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of queer longing, artistic fixation and the consequences of indulging our deepest desires. Poetic and moving, it explores the choices we make that we don't admit to ourselves, the people we make them for, and the struggle to hang on to yourself when the whole world is spinning out of control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I loved this lyrical fever dream of a novel. Melancholic, hopeful, seedy, dazzling, tender, brutal. Just gorgeous' \u003c\/b\u003eEMMA VAN STRAATEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Best novelistic treatment of addiction I've read in years' \u003c\/b\u003eKIERAN GODDARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Robinson's prose is as addictive as Pearl's wanting. A fearless look into the dark' \u003c\/b\u003eLAUREN MCQUISTIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This lush and detailed dive into the flayed-open femme heart is irresistible - wild,  cringey, addictive, relatable' \u003c\/b\u003eMICHELLE TEA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exh\u003cb\u003eilirating . . . Robinson's feverish prose makes this tangled mess of lust, substance addiction and creative fixation feel disturbingly real - you c\u003c\/b\u003ean't look away' \u003ci\u003eDAZED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e an original story about addiction and obsession, told with raw honesty, sensoriality, and visceral attention to detail - carving out a place for itself in the queer women's literary canon'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNONCHALANT MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robinson, Sophie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54061817495889,"sku":"9780349127606","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/6478\/4209\/files\/9780349127606.jpg?v=1781432214","url":"https:\/\/thecommonpress.shop\/products\/9780349127606","provider":"The Common Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}