{"product_id":"mimi","title":"Mimi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eDucks, Newburyport\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eshortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize, Goldsmiths Prize and Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBach, sculpture, plastic surgery, public speaking and a New York love story like no other - this is Lucy Ellmann's most extraordinary work of art to date\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBolshy, life-affirming, feminist and energetic. It makes you long to chuck your job, gulp oysters and run naked through the surf'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wildly hilarious, modern film noir in fiction form' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s Christmas Eve in Manhattan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarrison Hanafan, noted plastic surgeon, falls on his ass. So far, so good. ‘Ya can’t sit there all day, buddy, looking up people’s skirts!’ chides a weird gal in a coat like a duvet - Mimi! She kindly conjures for him the miracle of a taxi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecuperating in his apartment with Schubert, Bette Davis, and a foundling cat, Harrison adds items to his life’s work, a List of Melancholy Things (Walmart, puppetry, Velcro, whale eyes, shrimp-eating contests...). But when he receives a dreaded invitation to address his old school, Mimi reappears, with all her curves and chaos. She and Harrison fall emphatically in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, as their love-making reaches a whole new kind of climax, the sweet smell of revolution is in the air.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32139954913363,"sku":"9781526623492","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781526623492.jpg?v=1765247411","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mimi","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}