{"product_id":"9781805333180","title":"May Our Joy Endure - Jonny Pelham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharp, provocative... You won't be able to look away' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Acerbic... A lacerating comedy of manners' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC�line Wachowski is in free fall. The internationally renowned architect, host of a hit Netflix show and charismatic liberal icon, has just unveiled plans for a major project in her hometown of Montreal - the ravishing new headquarters for a multinational tech company. It should be the jewel in her glittering crown; but an initial spark of dissent ignites into a full-blown scandal, with C�line's firm excoriated for destroying fragile communities, ushering in a new wave of gentrification and even deadlier crimes. As furious protestors and critical media chip away at her empire, C�line tries to shore up her splendid world that once seemed so secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith flowing prose that glints with irony, Kev Lambert infiltrates the upper echelons of society to depict the dreams and anxieties on which skyscrapers are built. This is a dazzlingly stylish social novel about the ways wealth shapes our world - and the seductive fictions of the powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner ofthe Prix M�dicis, Prix D�cembre and Prix Ringuet, and longlised for the Prix Goncourt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novel about the housing crisis told from the perspective of those causing it... Lambert's writing is lyrical and rapturous' Heather O'Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eWhen We Lost Our Heads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonny Pelham","offers":[{"title":"320 pages \/ 12\/03\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":56970982982007,"sku":"9781805333180","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781805333180.jpg?v=1781001605","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781805333180","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}