{"product_id":"keith-ridgway-a-shock-2021","title":"Keith Ridgway: A Shock [2021]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction and The Goldsmiths Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHot Press \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhite Review \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eA Shock\u003c\/i\u003e inhabits the secret life of a city, its hidden energies. It dramatizes how patterns form and then disperse, how stories are made and relationships created . . . remarkable' - Colm Toibin, author of \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Shock\u003c\/i\u003e, a clutch of more or less loosely connected characters appear, disappear and reappear. They are all of them on the fringes of London life, often clinging on - to sanity or solvency or a story - by their fingertips.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith Ridgway, author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eHawthorn \u0026amp; Child\u003c\/i\u003e, writes about people whose understanding of their own situation is only ever partial and fuzzy, who are consumed by emotions and anxieties and narratives, or the lack thereof, that they cannot master. He focuses on peripheral figures who mean well and to whom things happen, and happen confusingly, and his fictional strategies reflect this focus. In a deftly conjured high-wire act, Ridgway achieves the fine balance between the imperatives of drama and fidelity to his characters. The result is pin-sharp and often breathtaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Political, pertinent, spunky and funny, \u003ci\u003eA Shock \u003c\/i\u003eis a grand sweep of modern storytelling' - June Caldwell, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom Little Darker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A Shock\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect, living circle of beauty and mystery, clearsighted and compassionate, and, at times, wonderfully funny' - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Hayden, author of \u003ci\u003eDarker With the Lights On\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ridgway, Keith","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":55054890762579,"sku":"XG81529064797","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":55054838268243,"sku":"9781529064797","price":24.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/ridgway-keith-keith-ridgway-a-shock-2021-1260011286.jpg?v=1790369651","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/keith-ridgway-a-shock-2021","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}