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The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner (Hardcover, 2018)
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Outside is the world from which she has been permanently severed: the San Francisco of her youth, changed almost beyond recognition. The Mars Room strip club where she once gave lap dances for a living.
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018** **A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF 2018** 'An unforgettable novel.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'More knowing about prison life than Orange Is The New Black ... so powerful.' NEW YORK TIMES 'One of America's finest writers.' VOGUE Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Outside is the world from which she has been permanently severed- the San Francisco of her youth, changed almost beyond recognition. The Mars Room strip club where she once gave lap dances for a living. And her seven-year-old son, Jackson, now in the care of Romy's estranged mother. Inside is a new reality to adapt to- thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive. The deadpan absurdities of institutional living, which Kushner details with humour and precision. Daily acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike. Allegiances formed over liquor brewed in socks, and stories shared through sewage pipes. Romy sees the future stretch out ahead of her in a long, unwavering line - until news from outside brings a ferocious urgency to her existence, challenging her to escape her own destiny and culminating in a climax of almost unbearable intensity. Through Romy - and through a cast of astonishing characters populating The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner presents not just a bold and unsentimental panorama of life on the margins of contemporary America, but an excoriating attack on the prison-industrial complex.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139781910702673
eBay Product ID (ePID)10046709109
Product Key Features
Publication Year2018
TopicTrue Stories, Books
Book TitleThe Mars Room
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorRachel Kushner
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight573 g
Item Width162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRachel Kushner
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- 25 Sep, 2024
A new voice on the block
A masterful achievement. If you ever wondered what was meant by literary voice, then read this — it is the epitome of “voice.” A lean and heartfelt portrait of the USA most of us barely glimpseVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
