{"product_id":"9781526628916","title":"A Very Nice Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2023**\n\u003cbr\u003e**A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**\n\u003cbr\u003e**A GRAZIA BOOK OF THE YEAR**\n\u003cbr\u003e**SELECTED FOR MALALA'S BOOK CLUB**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People' MEG MASON, author of SORROW AND BLISS\n\u003cbr\u003e'Haunting and bleakly compelling ... A writer of promise' SUNDAY TIMES\n\u003cbr\u003e'An absorbing debut about sex and power' GUARDIAN\n\u003cbr\u003e'Elegant and witty ... A precursor to great things' THE TIMES\n\u003cbr\u003e'One of the buzziest debut novels this spring' VOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e_____________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural capital and money, and in the evening she sings jazz at a bar in the City to make ends meet. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere she meets Max, a financier fourteen years older than her. Over the course of one winter, Anna's intoxication oscillates between her hard-won moments on stage, where she can zip herself into the skin of her characters, and nights spent with Max in his glass-walled flat overlooking the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Anna's fledgling career demands her undivided attention, and increasingly - whether he necessarily wills it or not - so does Max...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e_____________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Elegant and witty ... A precursor to great things' THE TIMES\n\u003cbr\u003e'A beautifully written examination of the psychology of sex, power, ambition and love' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49657736397048,"sku":"EB_LI0700_E02-08_SYDNEY","price":27.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781526628916-1.jpg?v=1783716510","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781526628916","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}