{"product_id":"9780061649349","title":"The Wrecking Ball : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wrecking Ball\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Christiana Spens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmed with trust funds and pedigrees but bent on rebellion, twenty-somethings Alice, Harry, Rose, and Hugo are teetering on the brink of self-destruction. With Manhattan and London as their playgrounds, they chase oblivion—and their next high—through a glittering blur of nightclubs, decadent parties, high fashion, and underground music scenes, hard-partying on the razor's edge with a never-ending cocktail of drugs and booze. Insomniacs and unstoppable, these four lost souls ride the extreme highs and devastating lows of a summer that quickly reaches a crescendo of music, heat, and hedonism. Wavering between moments of revelation and ruin, they illuminate a generation given everything—except an answer to the timeless question: \u003cem\u003eWho am I?\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a remarkable new literary voice comes a startling, fresh, strikingly candid novel of addiction and excess. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Trainspotting for trust funders”\u003cbr\u003e“In razor-sharp prose that’s soaked with authenticity…with characters whose increasingly flimsy grasp on reality is as gripping as it is disconcerting…The Wrecking Ball accurately shows where self-destruction can ultimately lead, effectively and entertainingly proving that the ‘dream life’ can often be anything but.”\u003cbr\u003e“[Christiana] writes beautifully about the taste for oblivion, the temptation of the abyss, the alluring mystery of nothingness. Truth is its soul and brevity is its body. I like young women. Their stories are shorter. Consider yourself seduced.”\u003cbr\u003e“Reminiscent of Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero, this book has trust-fund babies downing vodka at breakfast, barely eating expensive lunches, and getting stoned at rock shows. [Spens is] a raconteur of the party scene.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061649349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41057122222286,"sku":"9780061649349","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061649349.jpg?v=1648265071","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061649349","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}