{"product_id":"three-rooms-a-furious-encapsulation-of-generation-rent-olivia-laing-9781529114416","title":"Three Rooms: 'A furious encapsulation of Generation Rent' OLIVIA LAING","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eA young woman finds herself in London, working as a research assistant at Oxford and living on a stranger's sofa. She is overworked and underpaid, and tensions with her flatmate escalate. Is it time to give up? This novel is a New Statesman Book of the Year. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 07 April 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Something about your generation, I've noticed, she said not unkindly once I had fallen silent, is that you give up very easily.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAutumn 2018. A young woman starts a job as a research assistant at Oxford. But she can't shake the feeling that real life is happening elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEight months later, she finds herself in London. She's landed a temp contract at a society magazine and is paying £80 a week to sleep on a stranger's sofa. As the summer rolls on, tensions with her flatmate escalate. She is overworked and underpaid, spends her free time calculating the increasing austerity in England through the rising cost of Freddos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe prospects of a permanent job seem increasingly unlikely, until she finally asks herself: is it time to give up?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THREE ROOMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was bowled over by this barbed, supple book...spiky, unsettling.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOLIVIA LAING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cool, sharp and perceptive.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStylist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Crisp and resonant.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A phenomenal achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most candid and subtle explorations of class by an English novelist in recent years.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A biting dissection of privilege, race, inequality and ideology in 21st century Britain.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jo Hamya is an exceptionally gifted writer...slowly but surely broke my heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intelligent, melancholic, funny and subtle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHRIS POWER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Both spectral and steeped in contemporary reality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOLIVIA SUDJIC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Resigned to renting forever and feeling guilty every time you buy a cup of coffee? You'll want to read Jo Hamya's urgent and intelligent debut.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 154g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 196 x 18 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529114416\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jo Hamya","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44101920882938,"sku":"9781529114416","price":6.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1649421644421_book.jpg?v=1649527669","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/three-rooms-a-furious-encapsulation-of-generation-rent-olivia-laing-9781529114416","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}