{"product_id":"9780008386702","title":"The Motion of the Body Through Space: From the award-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Orange Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Enjoyably abrasive… a compelling read… sardonic and elegant’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Scabrously funny… few authors can be as entertainingly problematic as Shriver’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘With laugh-out-loud and sad moments, it’s a pinpoint-sharp novel’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWoman and Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A satire on fitness zealotry with a side serving of culture-war intrigue… diverting’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Darkly funny… Shriver is so good at making wry observations about human behaviour and this is particularly witty on the dynamics between couples who have been together a long time’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Shriver is an exuberant novelist, fertile in ideas, robust in argument and disdainful of economy… She writes bold and fearless comedy and delights in slaughtering the sacred cows of the stupid times we live in. Few novelists now raise a laugh. Shriver does so time and again’ \u003cstrong\u003eAllan Massie, \u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Mischievous Lionel Shriver takes aim at the narcissistic modern cult of exercise. When Serenata’s usually sedentary husband, Remington, takes up exercise and engages an attractive personal trainer called Bambi, the couple’s lives are turned upside down.’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Times Best Books for Summer 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll her life Serenata has run, swum, and cycled – but now that she’s hit 60, all that physical activity has destroyed her knees. And her previously sedentary husband Remington chooses this precise moment to discover exercise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he joins the cult of fitness, her once-modest husband burgeons into an unbearable narcissist. When he announces his intention to compete in a legendarily gruelling triathlon, Serenata is sure he's going to end up injured or dead – but the stubbornness of an ageing man in Lycra is not to be underestimated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of an obsession, of a marriage, of a betrayal: \u003cem\u003eThe Motion Of The Body Through Space\u003c\/em\u003e is Lionel Shriver at her hilarious, sharp-eyed, audacious best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this literary fiction, Shriver, the Sunday Times bestselling author, explores the humorous yet poignant dynamics of a long-standing marriage teetering on the brink of divorce. The story is a top-notch portrayal of family, friendship, and the obsession with sports that threatens to shatter the bond between the couple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Han Kang (We Do Not Part), Elizabeth Strout (Tell Me Everything), Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children), Hernan Diaz (In the Distance), and Samantha Harvey (Orbital).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lionel Shriver, Read by Laurence Bouvard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889108177045,"sku":"9780008386702","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/x145_cd2567cc-c1c6-45d8-993a-27a685bcf562.jpg?v=1769475131","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008386702","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}