FLAMETHROWERS, THE

This is shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2014. It is longlisted for the Baileys W
omen's Prize for Fiction. Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course
for New York. In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger.She fal
ls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality a
nd performance begin to bleed.A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian t
yre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left a
nd drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal.The Flamethrowers is an audaciou
s novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In R
eno we encounter a heroine like no other.Best Books of the Year: Guardian; New Y
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