{"product_id":"9780008339098_something-new-under-the-sun","title":"Something New Under the Sun","description":"\u003ch2\u003e‘An urgent novel about our very near future, and a deeply addictive pleasure’ Katie Kitamura, author of \u003cem\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘Magnificent and stunning’ Jeff VanderMeer, author of \u003cem\u003eHummingbird Salamander\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘An immense achievement. Masterful and merciless’ Olivia Sudjic, author of \u003cem\u003eAsylum Road\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eA bold, addictive and urgent new novel about capitalism, environmental collapse and our near future.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e going on?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood to see his novel be adapted for the screen, but why does he get the feeling that the film project is a smokescreen for something else? Does Cassidy Carter, the troubled starlet due to play the lead, know something he doesn’t? And what is the truth about WAT-R, the synthetic water everyone drinks in LA?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharply funny, alluring and devastating, \u003cem\u003eSomething New Under the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e is an unmissable novel for our present moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Sun-drenched, sharply observed and swift-moving… strange and new’ \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Profoundly affecting – somehow both funny and deeply unsettling’ Rumaan Alam, author of \u003cem\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘Expertly conjures California noir filtered through the ambient and not-so-ambient apocalypse’ Emma Cline, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA WHITE REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e • \u003cstrong\u003eA LIT HUB BEST BOOK OF 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe city of Hollywood, a dystopian setting in Something New Under the Sun, is a top-tier backdrop for this literary fiction. Alexandra Kleeman masterfully weaves a humorous yet thrilling narrative, making the reader question the very essence of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Ottessa Moshfegh (Death in Her Hands), Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin), Chelsea G. Summers (A Certain Hunger), Bernardine Evaristo (Mr Loverman), and Lorrie Moore (Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexandra Kleeman, Read by Marin Ireland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889496084629,"sku":"9780008339098","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008339098_30e827c1-9a97-4e17-a36e-c92b6bdc6c0f.jpg?v=1776888593","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008339098_something-new-under-the-sun","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}